Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (4)
Robert B. Payne and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 24, 2015
Text last updated February 24, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cucut ploraner |
| Chinese | 八聲杜鵑 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 八聲杜鵑 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 八声杜鹃 |
| Czech | kukačka naříkavá |
| Dutch | Piet-van-Vliet |
| English | Plaintive Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Plaintive Cuckoo |
| French | Coucou plaintif |
| French (France) | Coucou plaintif |
| German | Klagekuckuck |
| Icelandic | Veltigaukur |
| Indonesian | Wiwik kelabu |
| Japanese | ヒメカッコウ |
| Korean | 우는뻐꾸기 |
| Norwegian | klagegjøk |
| Polish | kukułka siwogardła |
| Russian | Плачущая кукушка |
| Serbian | Riđotrba kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka nariekavá |
| Spanish | Cuco Plañidero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco plañidero |
| Swedish | sorgbuskgök |
| Thai | นกอีวาบตั๊กแตน |
| Turkish | Dertli Guguk |
| Ukrainian | Кукавка сіровола |
Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786)
PROTONYM:
Cuculus merulinus
Scopoli, 1786. Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae 2, p.89.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Panay, Philippine Islands, ex Sonnerat, p. 121, pi. 81.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CACOMANTIS
- merulina / merulinum / merulinus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Plaintive Cuckoo
