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Where does the Greater Coucal live?

Centropus sinensis has 1,049,763 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Greater Coucal
Greater Coucal — Davidvraju / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCuculiformesCuculidaeCentropus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 834,882
Thailand 78,423
Sri Lanka 30,822
Taiwan 19,568
Hong Kong 16,877
Malaysia 15,117
Cambodia 14,532
Nepal 8,709
Vietnam 7,249
China 6,395
Bangladesh 3,945
Indonesia 3,427
Laos 3,047
Myanmar 1,790
Pakistan 1,464
Singapore 1,370
Philippines 1,084
Macao 671
Bhutan 237
Brunei 142
Türkiye 8
Spain 1
Nigeria 1
United States 1
ZZ 1

Related animals

Others in the family Cuculidae.

Common Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
2,069,691 records
Asian Koel
Asian Koel
1,193,346 records
Squirrel Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
747,466 records
Smooth-billed Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
697,437 records
Groove-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
532,176 records
common hawk cuckoo
common hawk cuckoo
244,791 records
Guira Cuckoo
Guira Cuckoo
241,150 records
Dideric Cuckoo
184,813 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.