Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cacomantis [merulinus or passerinus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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version 08 (Oct 2015) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016) (v.1) Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024) (v.1) Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009) (v.1) Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993) (v.1) Clements, version 2021 (v.1) Clements, version 2022 (v.1) Clements, version 2023 (v.1) Clements, version 2024 (v.1) Clements 4th edition (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions) (v.1) Clements, version 2015 (v.1) Clements, version 2016 (v.1) Clements, version 2017 (v.1) Clements, version 2018 (v.1) Clements, version 2019 (v.1) eBird version 1.52 (v.1) eBird version 1.53 (v.1) eBird version 1.54 (v.1) eBird version 1.55 (v.1) eBird version 2015 (v.1) eBird version 2016 (v.1) eBird version 2017 (v.1) eBird version 2018 (v.1) eBird version 2019 (v.1) eBird version 2021 (v.1) eBird version 2022 (v.1) eBird version 2023 (v.1) eBird version 2024 (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7) (v.1) Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8) (v.1) Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2) (v.1) Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018) (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8 (v.1) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9 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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Klaagkoekoek
Bengali: করুণ পাপিয়া, করুণ ঩াচ঩য়া , চাতক , ঳যগভ , হছাট বযািঈ
Bengali (transliteration): cātaka, chōṭa bharā'u, karuṇa pāpiẏā, saragama
Catalan: Cucut ploraner
Cebuano: pitopit
Czech: Kukacka duhová, kukačka naříkavá
Welsh: Cog alarus
Danish: Rødbuget Gøg
German: Klagekuckuck
English: Plaintive Cuckoo, Plaintive Cuckoo (Plaintive), Rufous-bellied Plaintive Cuckoo
English, HBW: Plaintive Cuckoo
English (IOC): Plaintive Cuckoo
English (United States): Plaintive Cuckoo
Esperanto: Plorkukolo
Spanish: Cuco Plañidero, Cucu Plañidero, Cucu plañiedro
Spanish (Spain): Cuco Plañidero
Spanish (HBW): Plaintive Cuckoo
Estonian: väike-tüüdukägu
Finnish: Valittajakäki
French: Coucou plaintif, Coucou plaintif (merulinus)
Frisian: Kleikoekoek
Irish: Cuach chaointeach
Galician: Cuco melancólico
Croatian: žalobna kukavica
Indonesian: Burung Wiwik Kelabu, Wiwik kelabu
Icelandic: Veltigaukur
Italian: Cuculo lamentoso
Japanese (romaji): hime kakkō, himekakkou
Japanese: ヒメカッコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 姫郭公
Korean: 우는뻐꾸기
Scientific: Cacomantis flavus, Cacomantis merulinus, Cacomantis merulinus [merulinus Group], Cacomantis merulinus merulinus, Cuculus flavus, Cuculus merulinus, Cuculus pyrogaster
Lithuanian: Pilkakrūtė šeriuotoji gegutė
Malay: Burung Mati Anak, Burung Sewah Mati Anak, Sawah Mati Anak
Nepali: पेटकैले कोइली
Dutch: Klaagkoekoek, Piet-van-Vliet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Klagegauk
Norwegian: Klagegjøk
Polish: kukulka siwogardla, kukułka siwogardła
Pinyin: āi dù-juān, bā-shēng bēi-juān, bā-shēng dù-juān, bā-shēng kāgū, bā-shēng kēgū, hóng-zuǐ āi-shēng kāgū, hóng-zuǐ āi-shēng kēgū
Portuguese: Cuco-melancólico
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-lamurioso
Rhaeto-Romance: Cucu lamentant
Russian: Плачущая кукушка, Серогрудая щетинистая кукушка
Slovak: Kukučka nariekavá
Serbian: Riđotrba kukavica
Swedish: Gråbröstad buskgök, sorgbuskgök
Thai: นกอีวาบตั๊กแตน
Thai (Transliteration): nók ii-wâap ták-ka-taeen
Turkish: Ağlayan guguk, Dertli guguk
Ukrainian: Кукавка сіровола
Vietnamese: Chim Tìm vịt, Tìm vịt
Chinese: 八声喀咕, 八声悲鹃, 八声杜鹃, 八聲杜鵑, 哀杜鹃, 红嘴哀声喀咕
Chinese (Traditional): 八聲喀咕, 八聲悲鵑, 八聲杜鵑, 哀杜鵑, 紅嘴哀聲喀咕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 八聲杜鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 八声杜鹃