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 an orange-breasted bird with grey upperparts (adult bird length approximately 23 cm, wing 11 cm, bill 1.6 cm, tarsus 1.7 cm, tail 12 cm). The male looks grey from above and orange from below. Its head, sides of the neck, chin and throat are ashy-grey. It feeds mainly on bugs, hairy caterpillars and other soft insects
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Phaenicophaeus tristis
(Green‑billed Malkoha) -
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
(Violet Cuckoo) -
Cuculus micropterus
(Indian Cuckoo) -
Cacomantis passerinus
(Grey‑bellied Cuckoo) -
Chrysococcyx maculatus
(Asian Emerald Cuckoo) -
Clamator jacobinus
(Jacobin (Pied) Cuckoo) -
Cuculus poliocephalus
(Lesser Cuckoo) -
Surniculus lugubris
(Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo) -
Taccocua leschenaultii
(Sirkeer Malkoha) -
Centropus sinensis
(Greater Coucal)
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.