Plaintive cuckoo
| Plaintive cuckoo | |
|---|---|
| at Nai Yang, Phuket | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cacomantis |
| Species: | C. merulinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) | |
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.