Corvinella corvina
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The yellow-billed shrike (Corvinella corvina) is a large passerine bird in the shrike family. It is sometimes known as the long-tailed shrike, but this invites confusion with the long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach, of tropical southern Asia. It is the only species placed in the genus Corvinella. The yellow-billed shrike is a common resident breeding bird in tropical Africa from Senegal eastwards to Uganda and locally in westernmost Kenya. It frequents forest and other habitats with trees.
The yellow-billed shrike was formally described in 1809 as Lanius corvinus by the English naturalist George Shaw. The specific epithet is from Latin meaning "raven-like". Shaw based his account on "La Grande-pie-grieche" that had been described and illustrated in 1799 by the French naturalist François Levaillant. Levaillant had acquired a preserved specimen from a dealer and did not know its origin. In 1831 the French naturalist René Lesson introduced the genus Corvinella to accommodate the yellow-billed shrike and also designated the type location as Senegal. Based on the results of molecular genetic studies, this species has sometimes been placed in the genus Lanius, but the phylogenetic... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 4 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 5 | Lomé | 🇹🇬 Togo | |
| 6 | Cotonou | 🇧🇯 Benin |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Shrike sighting in Accra on a given day, based on 284 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 162 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Shrike in Accra on a given day, against about 40% in February and September–October, the lowest months. Those are among Accra's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 200 mm in June.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-billed Shrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Yellow-billed Shrike sightings, Accra has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 50%) and Abuja (Nigeria, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-billed Shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Accra (284 verified sightings), 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.
