Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Coracina melanoptera

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kanha National Park
152 Verified records at Kanha National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The black-headed cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera) is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Cuckooshrike sighting in Kanha National Park, based on 152 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
5–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
2 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
3 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
4 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
5 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
6 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
7 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
9 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
10 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
15 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
16 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
17 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
18 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
19 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black-headed Cuckooshrike in Kanha National Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Cuckooshrike sighting in Kanha National Park, based on 152 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Black-headed Cuckooshrike in Kanha National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Black-headed Cuckooshrike in Kanha National Park in our monthly data.

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