Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

Cacomantis variolosus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kinabalu Park

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Plaintive Cuckoo
LC

Plaintive Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis merulinus

<5% · Rare
Banded Bay Cuckoo
LC

Banded Bay Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis sonneratii

<5% · Rare
Sunda Cuckoo
LC

Sunda Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cuculus lepidus

10–20% · Possible
Large Hawk Cuckoo

Large Hawk Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cuculus sparverioides

10–20% · With luck
Cuculus nisicolor

Cuculus nisicolor

Bird

Cuculus nisicolor

Insufficient data
Raffles's Malkoha
LC

Raffles's Malkoha

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Rhinortha chlorophaea

<5% · Rare
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
LC

Asian Drongo-Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Surniculus lugubris

<5% · Rare
Violet Cuckoo
LC

Violet Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus

<5% · Rare
Indian Cuckoo
LC

Indian Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cuculus micropterus

<5% · Rare
Greater Coucal
LC

Greater Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus sinensis

<5% · Rare
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo

Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo

Bird

Cuculus vagans

<5% · Rare
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Bird

Cuculus fugax

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
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 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
20–30%
2 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
3 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
6 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
7 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
0–10%
8 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
0–10%
9 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
0–10%
10 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
11 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
12 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
13 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
14 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
15 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
16 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
17 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
18 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
19 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
20 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
21 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Rusty-breasted Cuckoo in Kinabalu Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Rusty-breasted Cuckoo sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Rusty-breasted Cuckoo in Kinabalu Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Rusty-breasted Cuckoo in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.

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