Coracina melanoptera
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The black-headed cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera) is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The Black-headed Cuckooshrike is a 18-20 cm slender bird found in the Indian subcontinent with distinct sexual dimorphism. Males feature a dark slaty-grey hood, neck, and upper breast, contrasting with a pale grey back and white belly. They have blackish wings with grey edges and white-tipped tail feathers. The females are duller, with brownish-grey upperparts, a whitish supercilium (eyebrow), and heavily barred underparts with a dark grey bill.
This is a resident and partially bird migratory that is found across the Indian subcontinent, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan, extending to Myanmar. It inhabits open, dry-deciduous, or semi-evergreen forests, secondary growth, bamboo patches, and, frequently, urban gardens, orchards, and agricultural plantations up to 2,100 meters, typically preferring lower altitudes. Primarily distributed across India (from the Himalayan foothills in the north to the peninsula, including Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Kerala), with breeding populations... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Cuckooshrike sighting in Rajkot on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 111th most-seen of the 123 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Cuckooshrike in Rajkot on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. That is one of Rajkot's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against almost none in February. August has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-headed Cuckooshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Black-headed Cuckooshrike sightings, Rajkot ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Thrissur (India, about 10%) and Jabalpur (India, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black-headed Cuckooshrike that you can see in Rajkot (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Purple Sunbird (about 70%), Black Drongo (about 60%) and House Sparrow (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-headed Cuckooshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Rajkot (5 verified sightings), 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.
