Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike

Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike

Coracina striata

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Way Kambas National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

37 Verified sightings at Way Kambas National Park From 2019 to 2026
117 In all 3 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike

The bar-bellied cuckooshrike (Coracina striata) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and its natural habitats include mangrove forest, dry forest, swamp forest, and secondary forest. The plumage varies among the subspecies, with different amounts of barring on the underparts. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed the species as one of least-concern.

The bar-bellied cuckooshrike was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1775 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Corvus striatus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. Buffon believed that his specimen had come from New Guinea but the species does not occur there; the type locality has been... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:16

Malaysia · 2025

© Ding Li Yong · XC973393 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:16

Philippines · 2024

© Aladdin · XC932962 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Flight call0:04

Philippines · 1985

© Jelle Scharringa · XC629636 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
2 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
3 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike in Way Kambas National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike sighting in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 205 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.

When is the best time to see a Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike in Way Kambas National Park?

May

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April, June and September–October, the lowest months. November to February have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike?

Between 7 and 10 am

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

Is Way Kambas National Park the best place to see a Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike?

Yes

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike sightings, Way Kambas National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, under 5%) and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, under 5%).

Where does the Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Way Kambas National Park (37 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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