Coracina macei
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The Indian cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae that is found on the Indian subcontinent. Formerly under the English name "large cuckooshrike" this species included many subspecies and had a large range that included Southeast Asia.
The Indian cuckooshrike formerly included additional subspecies (under the English name "large cuckooshrike"): Oriental cuckooshrike now includes 5 former subspecies of the large cuckooshrike. Malayan cuckooshrike was formerly a subspecies of the large cuckooshrike. Adult males have a broad and well-marked eye stripe which is pale in females. The throat and breast are grey in males and the abdomen and flanks are finely barred. Females have the throat and breast also with barring which extends further down and lacks the prominent whitish vent of the male. They are mostly insectivorous but also feed on figs and forest fruits and usually fly in small groups with a bounding flight just above the forest canopy. The Indian population has a loud call... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 14 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Large Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Yala National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 158th most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Cuckoo-shrike in Yala National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Yala National Park's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Cuckoo-shrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Large Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Yala National Park ranks 11th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kanha National Park (India, about 50%), Bandhavgarh National Park (India, about 30%) and Satpura National Park (India, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Yala National Park (35 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.
