Plaintive Cuckoo Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Cacomantis merulinus
Family : Cuculidae
Order : Cuculiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Rufous-bellied Plaintive Cuckoo
Habitat : Villages
Description : The plaintive cuckoo is a small bird, measuring about 21-24 cm in length. The adult male has a grey-brown upper body, orange underparts, and a grey head, throat, and upper breast. The tail feathers have white tips. Its legs and feet are yellow, the eye is red, and the bill is black above and yellow below. The adult female can resemble the male, but it often has a reddish-brown coloration and dark bars. Juvenile birds are similar to the female but paler, with dark streaks on the crown and throat instead of bars. The plaintive cuckoo is a small bird that inhabits various habitats and feeds on invertebrates. It practices brood parasitism, laying its eggs in the nests of other bird species. It is often solitary and can be difficult to spot.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Chrysococcyx maculatus
(Asian Emerald Cuckoo) -
Clamator coromandus
(Chestnut‑winged Cuckoo) -
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
(Violet Cuckoo) -
Cuculus saturatus
(Oriental (Himalayan) Cuckoo) -
Cuculus poliocephalus
(Lesser Cuckoo) -
Cacomantis sonneratii
(Banded Bay Cuckoo) -
Cacomantis passerinus
(Grey‑bellied Cuckoo) -
Clamator jacobinus
(Jacobin (Pied) Cuckoo) -
Centropus sinensis
(Greater Coucal) -
Taccocua leschenaultii
(Sirkeer Malkoha)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Marc Anderson(www.xeno-canto.org/Marc Anderson), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Marc Anderson(www.xeno-canto.org/Marc Anderson), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.