Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
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This species has rufous underparts and a grey head, throat and breast. Can be differentiaed from the rusty-breasted cuckoo by its rufous plumage which only extendsto its belly. Juveniles have more prominent black barring.
Abundance
Uncommon
Chinese Name
八声杜鹃
Habitat
Mangrove Grassland Parkland Forest
Malay Name
Burung Sewah Mati Anak
Tamil name
சக்களத்திக் குயில்
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