Campephaga quiscalina
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The purple-throated cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Aberdare National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 113th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike in Aberdare National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, July–September and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Aberdare National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 210 mm in May.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Aberdare National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, under 5%) and Arusha National Park (Tanzania, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Aberdare National Park (22 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
