Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
About the Plaintive Cuckoo
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.
A real field recording of the Plaintive Cuckoo. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 235 recordings for this species in total.
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- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformisrecording
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinusrecording
- Moluccan CuckooCacomantis aeruginosusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.