Cacomantis merulinus  (Scopoli, 1786)

Plaintive Cuckoo

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Cacomantis
Species: merulinus

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• Common names: Plaintive Cuckoo
• Thai names: นกอีวาบตั๊กแตน
• Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
  Cacomantis merulinus merulinus: Philippine Islands
  Cacomantis merulinus querulus: E Himalayas to s China, Myanmar, Malay Pen. and Indochina
  Cacomantis merulinus threnodes: S Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
  Cacomantis merulinus lanceolatus: Java, Sulawesi and Togian Islands
• IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population stable. ​[2]
• Image locations: Bangkok
• Additional notes: 

Image locations

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Images of Cacomantis merulinus from Thailand.

Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) (male) Suan Luang Rama IX Park Bangkok Thailand January

Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) (female) Suan Luang Rama IX Park Bangkok Thailand January

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References:
​[1] Avibase - accessed 28 June 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Cacomantis merulinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22683923A93007953. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683923A93007953.en. Downloaded on 27 June 2020.​
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​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.