Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis passerinus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCacomantis (Cacomantis Cuckoos)
- SpeciesCacomantis passerinus (Grey-bellied Cuckoo)
Closest Relatives at Yala National Park
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
Asian Koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Jacobin Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Sirkeer Malkoha
Taccocua leschenaultii
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Cuculus varius
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Clamator coromandus
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalus
Red-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 10 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Grey-bellied Cuckoo in Yala National Park?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Grey-bellied Cuckoo sighting in Yala National Park, based on 196 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey-bellied Cuckoo in Yala National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Grey-bellied Cuckoo in Yala National Park in our monthly data.