Coracina lineata
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The barred cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata), also called the yellow-eyed cuckooshrike, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in eastern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Coracina lineata lineata: Northeast Australia (east Cape York Peninsula to northeast New South Wales)
Coracina lineata axillaris: Mountains of central New Guinea and Waigeo Island. Coracina lineata maforensis: Numfor Island (New Guinea) Coracina lineata sublineata: Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland and New Britain) Coracina lineata nigrifrons: Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel)
Coracina lineata ombriosa: Solomon Is. (Kolombangara, New Georgia Group and Rendova) Coracina lineata pusilla: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) Coracina lineata malaitae: Malaita (Solomon Islands) Coracina lineata makirae: Makira (Solomon Islands)
Coracina lineata gracilis: Rennell (Solomon Islands) The holotype of Graucalus nigrifrons Tristram (Ibis, 1892, p. 294), an adult male, is held in the vertebrate zoology collection of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession number NML-VZ T16744. The specimen was collected in Bugotu... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 113th most-seen of the 208 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Cuckoo-shrike in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 380 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Barred Cuckoo-shrike 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 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Barred Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Daintree National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Raja Ampat (Indonesia, about 10%) and Springbrook National Park (Australia, under 5%).
Same genus: Coracina
The closest relatives of the Barred Cuckoo-shrike that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Coracina, Typical Cuckooshrikes) are Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (about 10%) and White-bellied Cuckooshrike (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Barred Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Daintree National Park (52 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.
