Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo

Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo

Cuculus vagans

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
42 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 42 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Indian Cuckoo
LC

Indian Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cuculus micropterus

<5% · Rare
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Bird

Cuculus fugax

<5% · Rare
Greater Coucal
LC

Greater Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus sinensis

30–40% · Possible
Plaintive Cuckoo
LC

Plaintive Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis merulinus

10–20% · With luck
Violet Cuckoo
LC

Violet Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus

5–10% · With luck
Bornean Ground-Cuckoo
VU

Bornean Ground-Cuckoo

Bird

Carpococcyx radiceus

5–10% · With luck
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
LC

Asian Drongo-Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Surniculus lugubris

5–10% · With luck
Raffles's Malkoha
LC

Raffles's Malkoha

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Rhinortha chlorophaea

5–10% · With luck
Banded Bay Cuckoo
LC

Banded Bay Cuckoo

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cacomantis sonneratii

<5% · Rare
Red-billed Malkoha
LC

Red-billed Malkoha

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zanclostomus javanicus

<5% · Rare
Lesser Coucal
LC

Lesser Coucal

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Centropus bengalensis

<5% · Rare
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
LC

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Clamator coromandus

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
5–10%
2 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
3 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
4 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 42 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

November has the highest sighting rate for Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.

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