Banded Bay Cuckoo
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Banded Bay Cuckoo

Cacomantis sonneratii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Tanjung Puting National Park
2 Verified sightings at Tanjung Puting National Park From 2019 to 2026
3,843 Verified sightings across all 33 parks From 2019 to 2026
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted at dawn and dusk

About the Banded Bay Cuckoo

The banded bay cuckoo or bay-banded cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) is a species of small cuckoo found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like others in the genus they have round nostrils. They are usually founded in well-wooded areas mainly in the lower hills. Males sing from exposed branches during the breeding season, which can vary with region. They are distinctive both in their calls as well as plumage with a white eyebrowed appearance and the rufous upperparts with regular dark bands and the whitish underside with fine striations.

The adults are bright rufous or bay on the head and back and are broadly barred with dark brown. The bill is long and slightly curved. A whitish supercilium is distinctive above a dark eye-line. The wing is darker and tail is graduated with a dark brown centre. The tail has a subterminal black band and white tips to the feathers. The sexes are alike. The iris is yellow and the bill is black while the base of the lower mandible is greenish grey. The tarsi are grey. The juvenile is similar but has a pale lower mandible and white fringes to the feathers of the upper body.

The overall length is about 22 cm making it about the... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tanjung Puting National Park

Plaintive Cuckoo
LC

Plaintive Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis merulinus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Greater Coucal
LC

Greater Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus sinensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Lesser Coucal
LC

Lesser Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus bengalensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
rufous-bellied malcoha

rufous-bellied malcoha

Bird

Rhopodytes sumatranus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Raffles's Malkoha
LC

Raffles's Malkoha

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Rhinortha chlorophaea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
LC

Asian Drongo-Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Surniculus lugubris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Red-billed Malkoha
LC

Red-billed Malkoha

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zanclostomus javanicus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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 Daily sighting probability
1 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
2 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
3 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
4 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
5 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
6 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
7 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
8 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
9 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~10%
10 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
11 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
12 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
13 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
14 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
15 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
16 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
18 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
19 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
20 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
21 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
22 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
23 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
24 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
25 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
26 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
27 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
28 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
29 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
30 Tanjung Puting National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
31 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
32 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
33 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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