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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Piet-van Vliet/Gryspenskoekoek
Azerbaijani: Qaratoyuğabənzər/Sərçəyəbənzər ququ
Bulgarian: Оранжевокорема / Сивокорема дяволска кукувица
Bengali: করুণ পাপিয়া
Catalan: Cucut ploraner, cucut ploraner/pitgrís
Cebuano: pitopit
Czech: Kukacka duhová, kukačka naříkavá, kukačka naříkavá/šedobřichá
Danish: Drosselgøg, Rødbuget Gøg/Drosselgøg
German: Klage-/Graubauchkuckuck, Klagekuckuck
English: Plaintive Cuckoo, Plaintive or Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Plaintive/Gray-bellied Cuckoo, Plaintive/Grey-bellied Cuckoo
[ENAV]: Plaintive/Gray-bellied Cuckoo
English, HBW: Plaintive/Grey-bellied Cuckoo
English (IOC): Plaintive/Grey-bellied Cuckoo
English (United States): Plaintive/Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Esperanto: Plorkukolo
Spanish: Cuco Plañidero, Cuco Plañidero/Pechigrís, Cucu Plañidero
Spanish (Spain): Cuco plañidero/pechigrís
Spanish (HBW): Plaintive/Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Estonian: hall-tüüdukägu, väike-tüüdukägu/hall-tüüdukägu
Finnish: Valittajakäki, valittajakäki/harmaakäki
French: Coucou plaintif, Coucou plaintif ou C. à tête grise
French (Guyane): Coucou plaintif ou C. à tête grise
Croatian: žalobna/pepeljastotrba kukavica
Indonesian: Burung Wiwik Kelabu, Wiwik kelabu
Italian: Cuculo lamentoso
Japanese (romaji): hime kakkō, himekakkou, himekakkou/haibarakakkou
Japanese: ヒメカッコウ, ヒメカッコウ/ハイバラカッコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 姫郭公
Scientific: Cacomantis [merulinus or passerinus], Cacomantis merulinus, Cacomantis merulinus merulinus, Cacomantis merulinus/passerinus, Cuculus merulinus
Lithuanian: Pilkakrūtė šeriuotoji gegutė
Malay: Burung Mati Anak, Burung Sewah Mati Anak, Sawah Mati Anak
Nepali: पेटकैले /फुस्रो सानो कोइली, पेटकैले कोइली
Dutch: Klaagkoekoek, Piet-van-vliet, Piet-van-Vliet/Grijsbuik-Piet-van-Vliet
Norwegian: Klagegjøk, klagegjøk/spurvegjøk
Polish: kukulka siwogardla, kukułka siwogardła, kukułka siwogardła/siwobrzucha
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 (Portugal): cuco-lamurioso/cuco-de-barriga-cinzenta
Russian: Плачущая/Воробьиная кукушка, Серогрудая щетинистая кукушка
Slovak: Kukučka nariekavá, kukučka nariekavá/sivobruchá
Serbian: Riđotrba kukavica/sivotrba kukavica
Swedish: Gråbröstad buskgök, sorgbuskgök/indisk buskgök
Thai: นกอีวาบตั๊กแตน
Thai (Transliteration): nók ii-wâap ták-ka-taeen
Turkish: Dertli/gri guguk
Ukrainian: Кукавка сіровола, Кукавка сіровола/мала
Vietnamese: Chim Tìm vịt, Tìm vịt
Chinese: 八声喀咕, 八声悲鹃, 八声杜鹃, 八声杜鹃/灰腹杜鹃, 八聲杜鵑, 哀杜鹃, 红嘴哀声喀咕
Chinese (Traditional): 八声杜鹃/灰腹杜鹃, 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