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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis passerinus
Green-billed Coucal
Centropus chlororhynchos
Red-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus varius
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalus
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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Banded Bay Cuckoo sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 73 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Banded Bay Cuckoo in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Banded Bay Cuckoo in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.