Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Coracina melanoptera

10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Wilpattu National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
20–30
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
0–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
3 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
0–10%
5 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
0–10%
6 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
7 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
8 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
13 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
15 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black-headed Cuckooshrike in Wilpattu National Park?

About 11% of visitor-days record a Black-headed Cuckooshrike sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 49 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black-headed Cuckooshrike in Wilpattu National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Black-headed Cuckooshrike in Wilpattu National Park in our monthly data.

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