Where can you see the Plaintive Cuckoo?
Some of the best places to see the Plaintive Cuckoo in the wild include Orang National Park (India), Bako National Park (Malaysia) and Penang National Park (Malaysia) — among 26 wildlife hotspots across Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand and India. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bako National Park
Kuching, Malaysia
+210 birds+17 mammals
Weathered sandstone cliffs rise dramatically from the South China Sea, their ochre faces sculpted by millennia of wind and tide into a landscape of extraordinary geological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBogani Nani Wartabone National Park
Bolaang Mongondow, Indonesia
+154 birds+4 mammals
Across North Sulawesi's rugged interior, where tectonic uplift has carved steep ridges and deep valleys through ancient volcanic terrain, Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park sprawls across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China
+443 birds+13 mammals
VIEW NATURE RESERVEGiant Panda National Park
Mianyang, China
+447 birds+47 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Ciremai National Park
Majalengka, Indonesia
+116 birds+1 mammals
Volcanic slopes rise sharply from West Java's interior, where Gunung Ciremai's 3,078-metre summit dominates a landscape carved by geological upheaval and shaped by equatorial monsoon rainfall.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Merbabu National Park
Magelang, Indonesia
+61 birds+2 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from the plateau of Central Java, Gunung Merbabu National Park encompasses nearly 200 square kilometers of montane forest that transitions through…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Mulu National Park
Long Seridan, Malaysia
+280 birds+39 mammals
Where granite monoliths pierce the rainforest canopy of Sarawak, an ancient limestone karst landscape reveals one of Southeast Asia's most biodiverse strongholds. Soaring peaks cloaked in…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park
Ao Nang, Thailand
+253 birds+9 mammals
Where limestone karsts rise dramatically from turquoise waters, Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park unfolds across a mosaic of beach, mangrove forest, and island…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKaziranga National Park
Kohora, India
+422 birds+26 mammals
Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…
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