Plaintive Cuckoo (species: Cacomantis merulinus) in Laos Wildlife (Gaia Guide)
Cacomantis merulinus
Plaintive Cuckoo


©Ron Knight: Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

©Charles Lam: Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

©Ron Knight: Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Cuculiformes
Family Cuculidae
Genus Cacomantis
Species Cacomantis merulinus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • From 21 cm to 23.5 cm (Length of specimen) - applies to Adults

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

The adult male is grey-brown above and orange below with a grey head, throat and upper breast. There are white tips to the tail feathers. The legs and feet are yellow, the eye is red and the bill is black above and yellow below. The adult female is sometimes similar to the male but often occurs in a "hepatic" morph. This form is reddish-brown above with dark bars. The underparts are paler with fainter barring. There is a pale stripe over the eye and the tail has dark bars along its whole length. Juvenile birds are similar to hepatic females but are paler and have dark streaks rather than bars on the crown and throat. (Wikipedia)

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