Shining Cuckoo

Closest Relatives at Springbrook National Park

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	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
2	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
3	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
5	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
6	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
7	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
8	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
9	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
10	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
11	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
12	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0–10%
13	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
14	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
15	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
16	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
17	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
18	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
19	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Shining Cuckoo in Springbrook National Park?

About 13% of visitor-days record a Shining Cuckoo sighting in Springbrook National Park, based on 31 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Shining Cuckoo in Springbrook National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Shining Cuckoo in Springbrook National Park in our monthly data.