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title: "Plaintive Cuckoo"
description: "Cacomantis merulinus — Uccelli. The plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/plaintive-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plaintive Cuckoo

> Cacomantis merulinus — Uccelli. The plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.

- Scientific name: *Cacomantis merulinus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2700
- Wikidata: [Q862874](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862874)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1856](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1856)

## Names

- en: Plaintive Cuckoo
- de: Klagekuckuck
- es: Cuco plañidero
- fr: Coucou plaintif
- nl: Piet-van-vliet
- pl: Kukułka siwogardła

## Countries with the most observations

TH (720), ID (293), MY (274), VN (222), HK (178), CN (139), IN (138), SG (91), MO (82), KH (61), BD (42), PH (36)

## Summary

The plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is native to Asia, from India, Nepal and China to Indonesia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintive_cuckoo

## Photo

![Plaintive Cuckoo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plaintive-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21416828

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plaintive-cuckoo?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).