Oriental Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo

Cuculus optatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Daintree National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
0–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
10–20%
2 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
10–20%
3 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
5 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
6 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
7 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
Insufficient data
8 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
9 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
10 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Oriental Cuckoo in Daintree National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Oriental Cuckoo sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Oriental Cuckoo in Daintree National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Oriental Cuckoo in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.

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