Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCacomantis (Cacomantis Cuckoos)
- SpeciesCacomantis variolosus (Rusty-breasted Cuckoo)
Closest Relatives at Way Kambas National Park
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Raffles's Malkoha
Rhinortha chlorophaea
Red-billed Malkoha
Zanclostomus javanicus
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
Little Bronze Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx minutillus
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Cuculus sparverioides
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus fugax
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorentz National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 13 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 17 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 18 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 19 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 20 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 21 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Rusty-breasted Cuckoo in Way Kambas National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Rusty-breasted Cuckoo sighting in Way Kambas National Park, based on 10 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Rusty-breasted Cuckoo in Way Kambas National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Rusty-breasted Cuckoo in Way Kambas National Park in our monthly data.