Senegal Coucal

Senegal Coucal

Centropus senegalensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Waterberg Plateau Park
1 Verified records at Waterberg Plateau Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The Senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis. It is a medium-sized member of its genus and is found in lightly-wooded country and savannah in central and southern Africa. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Senegal Coucal at Waterberg Plateau Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ 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 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
70–80%
2 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
20–30%
3 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
4 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
5 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
6 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
7 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
8 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
9 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
10 Taï National Park 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
10–20%
11 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
10–20%
12 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
5–10%
13 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
5–10%
14 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
5–10%
15 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
5–10%
16 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
17 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
18 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
19 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
20 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
21 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
22 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
23 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
24 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
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