Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCuculus (Typical Old World Cuckoos)
- SpeciesCuculus micropterus (Indian Cuckoo)
Closest Relatives at Khao Sok National Park
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus fugax
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Cuculus sparverioides
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Raffles's Malkoha
Rhinortha chlorophaea
Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Red-billed Malkoha
Zanclostomus javanicus
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Clamator coromandus
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis
📅 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 Indian Cuckoo in Khao Sok National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Indian Cuckoo sighting in Khao Sok National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Indian Cuckoo in Khao Sok National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Indian Cuckoo in Khao Sok National Park in our monthly data.