Macropygia unchall
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Cuckoo-Dove sighting in Manas National Park on a given day, based on 164 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 147th most-seen of the 377 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Cuckoo-Dove in Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–January, the lowest months. Those are among Manas National Park's driest months, with about 200 mm of rain a month against 1070 mm in June.
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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Barred Cuckoo-Dove sightings, Manas National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 20%), Khao Yai National Park (Thailand, about 20%) and Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 10%).
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Barred Cuckoo-Dove that you can see in Manas National Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Pearl-necked Dove (about 60%), Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (about 50%) and Green Imperial-Pigeon (about 40%), 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 Manas National Park (164 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.
