Macropygia unchall
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. German herpetologist Johann Georg Wagler first described the barred cuckoo-dove in 1827. It has three recognized subspecies:
Its iris is yellow or pale brown, the beak is black and short, and the feet are red. It has blackish brown upperparts. The back, mantle (between the nape and the starting of the back), rump, wing coverts, and scapulars have reddish brown fringes. The tail is blackish brown, and is heavily barred reddish brown.
It is similar to the little cuckoo-dove, but it is much larger and darker, and is black-barred on the mantle, breast, coverts, and tail. The barred cuckoo-dove occurs from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia. It inhabits dense subtropical woodlands... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 4 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai | 🇨🇳 China |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Cuckoo-Dove sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 374 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May–June, August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Cuckoo-Dove in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Barred Cuckoo-Dove 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.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Barred Cuckoo-Dove sightings, Khao Yai National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Barred Cuckoo-Dove that you can see in Khao Yai National Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Pearl-necked Dove (about 50%), Mountain Imperial-Pigeon (about 50%) and Thick-billed Green-Pigeon (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Barred Cuckoo-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Khao Yai National Park (374 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.
