Silhouette: Nicolas Huet le Jeune and Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · PhyloPic

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

Silhouette: Nicolas Huet le Jeune and Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
GenusClamator (Old World Crested Cuckoos)
SpeciesClamator glandarius (Great Spotted Cuckoo)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Lake Mburo National Park

4 Verified sightings at Lake Mburo National Park From 2019 to 2026

1,916 Verified sightings across all 45 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Great Spotted Cuckoo

The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. It is widely spread throughout Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of corvids, in particular the Eurasian magpie.

In 1747 the English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a description of the great spotted cuckoo in the second volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. He used the English name "The Great Spotted Cuckow". Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on a specimen that had been shot in Gibraltar and sent to the English naturalist Mark Catesby in London. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the great spotted cuckoo with the other cuckoos in the genus Cuculus. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Cuculus glandarius and cited Edwards's work. The great spotted cuckoo is now placed in the genus Clamator that was introduced by German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Lake Mburo National Park

Clamator levaillantii

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Clamator jacobinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Centropus superciliosus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Cuculus solitarius

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Chrysococcyx caprius

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Chrysococcyx klaas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cuculus gularis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Centropus monachus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ceuthmochares aereus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Cuculus canorus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Cuculus clamosus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Centropus grillii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
2	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	~10%
3	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
4	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
5	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
6	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
7	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
8	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
9	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
10	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	<5%
11	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
12	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
13	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
14	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
15	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
16	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
17	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
18	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
19	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
20	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
21	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
22	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
23	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	<5%
24	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
25	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
26	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
27	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
28	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
29	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
30	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	Insufficient data
31	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
32	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
33	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	Insufficient data
34	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
35	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	Insufficient data
36	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
37	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
38	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
39	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
40	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
41	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
42	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
43	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
44	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
45	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	Insufficient data

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Great Spotted Cuckoo

About the Great Spotted Cuckoo

Recent sightings of Great Spotted Cuckoo in Lake Mburo National Park

Closest Relatives at Lake Mburo National Park

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Jacobin Cuckoo

White-browed Coucal

Red-chested Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Blue-headed Coucal

Blue Malkoha

Common Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Black Coucal

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found