| Plaintive cuckoo | |
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| at Nai Yang, Phuket | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cacomantis |
| Species: | C. merulinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786)
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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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cacomantis merulinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683923A93007953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683923A93007953.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.