White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike

White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina leucopygia

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Tangkoko Nature Reserve

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

113 Verified sightings at Tangkoko Nature Reserve From 2019 to 2026
113 In 1 park
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike

The white-rumped cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:05

Indonesia · 2017

© Ross Gallardy · XC413926 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:09

Indonesia · 2013

© Mike Nelson · XC151885 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike in Tangkoko Nature Reserve?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 113 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike in Tangkoko Nature Reserve?

February, May–June and November

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in March–April, July–October and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike?

Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data

Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike live in Tangkoko Nature Reserve?

Same genus: Coracina

The closest relatives of the White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike that you can see in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (genus Coracina, Typical Cuckooshrikes) are Pied Cuckoo-shrike (about 10%) and Sulawesi Cicadabird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (113 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.

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