Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCentropus (Coucals)
- SpeciesCentropus sinensis (Greater Coucal)
Closest Relatives at Danum Valley Conservation Area
Short-toed Coucal
Centropus rectunguis
Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis
Raffles's Malkoha
Rhinortha chlorophaea
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Red-billed Malkoha
Zanclostomus javanicus
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus vagans
Bornean Ground-Cuckoo
Carpococcyx radiceus
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus fugax
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Coucal in Danum Valley Conservation Area?
About 18% of visitor-days record a Greater Coucal sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area, based on 250 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Coucal in Danum Valley Conservation Area?
February has the highest sighting rate for Greater Coucal in Danum Valley Conservation Area in our monthly data.