Black Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Cuculus clamosus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
<5
Feb
0–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
0–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
20–30
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 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
2 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
3 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
0–10%
4 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
0–10%
5 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
0–10%
6 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
0–10%
7 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
0–10%
8 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
9 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
10 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
0–10%
11 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
0–10%
12 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
13 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
14 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
15 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
16 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
17 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
18 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
<5%
19 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
20 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
21 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
22 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
23 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
24 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
25 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
26 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
27 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
28 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
29 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
30 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
31 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
32 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
33 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
34 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
35 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
36 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
37 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black Cuckoo in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Black Cuckoo sighting in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black Cuckoo in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Black Cuckoo in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in our monthly data.

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