- 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...
- The spot-breasted
laughingthrush (Garrulax
merulinus) is a
species of bird in the
family Leiothrichidae. It is
found in Yunnan,
Northeast India, Laos...
- and
Tobago as well as Hawaii. The cap of the Indo-Pacific
species P.
merulinus appears smooth when
covered with gleba, and is pale and
wrinkled once...
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Nests are
sometimes parasitized by the
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis
merulinus). "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", one of
Rudyard Kipling's
Jungle Book stories, includes...
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subsequently designated as
Cuculus flavus Gmelin, a
junior synonym of
Cuculus merulinus Scopoli (the
plaintive cuckoo). The
genus name is from the
Ancient Gr****...
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formerly regarded as a
subspecies of the spot-breasted
laughingthrush (G.
merulinus) but has now been
split as a
separate species. It is a medium-sized bird...
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Cacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790) 121
Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) 122 Grey-bellied
cuckoo Cacomantis p****erinus (Vahl, 1797)...
- (V)
Banded bay
cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Grey-bellied
cuckoo Cacomantis p****erinus Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo...
- Long-tailed koel,
Urodynamis taitensis (A)
Plaintive cuckoo,
Cacomantis merulinus (A)
Large hawk-cuckoo,
Hierococcyx sparverioides (A)
Northern hawk-cuckoo...
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Banded bay cuckoo,
Cacomantis sonneratii (A)
Plaintive cuckoo,
Cacomantis merulinus Brush cuckoo,
Cacomantis variolosus Asian drongo-cuckoo,
Surniculus lugubris...
