Plaintive Cuckoo
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Plaintive Cuckoo

Cacomantis merulinus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kinabalu Park
26 Verified records at Kinabalu Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Plaintive Cuckoo sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 26 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Banded Bay Cuckoo
LC

Banded Bay Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis sonneratii

<5% · Rare
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
LC

Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cacomantis variolosus

<5% · Rare
Sunda Cuckoo
LC

Sunda Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cuculus lepidus

10–20% · With luck
Large Hawk Cuckoo

Large Hawk Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cuculus sparverioides

10–20% · With luck
Cuculus nisicolor

Cuculus nisicolor

Bird

Cuculus nisicolor

Insufficient data
Raffles's Malkoha
LC

Raffles's Malkoha

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Rhinortha chlorophaea

<5% · Rare
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
LC

Asian Drongo-Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Surniculus lugubris

<5% · Rare
Indian Cuckoo
LC

Indian Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cuculus micropterus

<5% · Rare
Violet Cuckoo
LC

Violet Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus

<5% · Rare
Greater Coucal
LC

Greater Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus sinensis

<5% · Rare
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo

Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cuculus vagans

<5% · Rare
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Bird

Cuculus fugax

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
30–40%
2 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
20–30%
3 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
4 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
5 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
6 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
10–20%
7 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
10–20%
8 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
5–10%
9 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
5–10%
10 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
11 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
12 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
13 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
14 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
15 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
16 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
18 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
19 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Plaintive Cuckoo in Kinabalu Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Plaintive Cuckoo sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 26 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Plaintive Cuckoo in Kinabalu Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Plaintive Cuckoo in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.

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