Coracina melaschistos
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The black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they (cuckooshrikes) are unrelated to either shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa.
They breed in summer in mountains from 300–2450 meters and migrate altitudinally or south in winter. It is distributed from Northeast Pakistan through the lower Himalayan region (Uttarakhand, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh and into the hills of NE Myanmar continuing to China and Southeast Asia. It winters in the foothills, occasionally longer distances south west to northern parts of peninsular India and east to Orissa, Bengal and Bangladesh, but may travel as far south as Kerala).
Habitat: Breeds in deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen forest but winters in open forest, groves, singly or in pairs. They are also known to join mixed feeding parties. Their diet consists mainly of caterpillars, beetles and other bugs.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 4 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 13 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-winged Cuckooshrike sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 128 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 132nd most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-winged Cuckooshrike in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–June and August–September, the lowest months. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-winged Cuckooshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
7th of 17
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Black-winged Cuckooshrike sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Khao Yai National Park (Thailand, about 40%), Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 20%) and Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 10%).
Same genus: Coracina
The closest relatives of the Black-winged Cuckooshrike that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (genus Coracina, Typical Cuckooshrikes) are Indochinese Cuckooshrike (about 30%) and Javan Cuckoo-shrike (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-winged Cuckooshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Cat Tien National Park (128 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
