Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCentropus (Coucals)
- SpeciesCentropus sinensis (Greater Coucal)
Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park
Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis
Short-toed Coucal
Centropus rectunguis
Sunda Cuckoo
Cuculus lepidus
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Cuculus sparverioides
Cuculus nisicolor
Cuculus nisicolor
Raffles's Malkoha
Rhinortha chlorophaea
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
📅 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 Kinabalu Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Greater Coucal sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Coucal in Kinabalu Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Greater Coucal in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.