Where to see
Cuculus varius
Kanha National Park leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Hawk-Cuckoo during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 7 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Kanha National Park
In Kanha National Park, India, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Common Hawk-Cuckoo sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Bandhavgarh National Park and more
After Kanha National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Hawk-Cuckoo are in Bandhavgarh National Park (India, about 40%), Periyar National Park (India, about 40%) and Nagarhole National Park (India, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April in Kanha National Park (about 90%), May and June in Bandhavgarh National Park (about 80%) and January, March–April and August in Periyar National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Hawk-Cuckoo on a given day. Each park's Common Hawk-Cuckoo page has the full month-by-month chart.
