Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCacomantis (Cacomantis Cuckoos)
- SpeciesCacomantis sonneratii (Banded Bay Cuckoo)
Closest Relatives at Khao Luang National Park
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Raffles's Malkoha
Rhinortha chlorophaea
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Red-billed Malkoha
Zanclostomus javanicus
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Cuculus sparverioides
Little Bronze Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx minutillus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Clamator coromandus
📅 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 Banded Bay Cuckoo in Khao Luang National Park?
About 18% of visitor-days record a Banded Bay Cuckoo sighting in Khao Luang National Park, based on 96 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Banded Bay Cuckoo in Khao Luang National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Banded Bay Cuckoo in Khao Luang National Park in our monthly data.