Centropus celebensis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The bay coucal (Centropus celebensis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bay Coucal sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 428 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Bay Coucal in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 30% in December and January, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bay Coucal sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bay Coucal sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bay Coucal is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (428 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.
