Silhouette: Nicolas Huet le Jeune and Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · PhyloPic

Jacobin Cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

Silhouette: Nicolas Huet le Jeune and Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
GenusClamator (Old World Crested Cuckoos)
SpeciesClamator jacobinus (Jacobin Cuckoo)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

3 Verified sightings at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park From 2019 to 2026

4,908 Verified sightings across all 67 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Jacobin Cuckoo

The Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), also pied cuckoo or pied crested cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival. It has been associated with a bird in Indian mythology and poetry, known as the chātaka (Sanskrit: चातक) represented as a bird with a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst.

The Jacobin cuckoo was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1780. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. This was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Cuculus jacobinus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The type locality is the Coromandel Coast of southeast India.

The current genus Clamator was erected by German naturalist... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Clamator levaillantii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Clamator glandarius

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Chrysococcyx cupreus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Cercococcyx mechowi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Cuculus solitarius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chrysococcyx klaas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cercococcyx montanus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cuculus clamosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ceuthmochares aereus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Centropus monachus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Centropus superciliosus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Chrysococcyx caprius

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~20%
2	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~20%
3	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
4	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
5	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
6	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~10%
7	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	~10%
8	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
9	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
10	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	~10%
11	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
12	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
13	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	~10%
14	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
15	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
16	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
17	Mudumalai National Park	🇮🇳 India	~10%
18	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
19	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~10%
20	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	~10%
21	Gir National Park	🇮🇳 India	~10%
22	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
23	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
24	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
25	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
26	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	<5%
27	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
28	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
29	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	<5%
30	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
31	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
32	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
33	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
34	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
35	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
36	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
37	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	<5%
38	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
39	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
40	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
41	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
42	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
43	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
44	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	<5%
45	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	<5%
46	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
47	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
48	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
49	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
50	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
51	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
52	Manas National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
53	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
54	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
55	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
56	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
57	Eravikulam National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
58	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
59	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	Insufficient data
60	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
61	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
62	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
63	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
64	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
65	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
66	Periyar National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
67	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data

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Jacobin Cuckoo

About the Jacobin Cuckoo

Recent sightings of Jacobin Cuckoo in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Great Spotted Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Blue Malkoha

Blue-headed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Dideric Cuckoo

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found