Lühder's Bushshrike

Lühder's Bushshrike

Laniarius luehderi

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Brazzaville

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

8 Verified sightings at Brazzaville
1,459 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Lühder's Bushshrike

Lühder's bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi) is a species of bird (a shrike) in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German naturalist ornithologist W. Lühder. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song1:02

Kenya · 2025

© isaac kilusu · XC1052700 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:32

Kenya · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC948243 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Uncertain0:29

Gabon · 2021

© BurBenj · XC671682 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~20%
3 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yaoundé 🇨🇲 Cameroon
~10%
2 Brazzaville 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Lühder's Bushshrike in Brazzaville?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lühder's Bushshrike sighting in Brazzaville on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 69th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Lühder's Bushshrike in Brazzaville?

March

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lühder's Bushshrike in Brazzaville on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months. That is one of Brazzaville's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against almost none in July. June has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Lühder's Bushshrike?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lühder's Bushshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Brazzaville the best place to see a Lühder's Bushshrike?

Among the best

Of the 2 cities where we can rate Lühder's Bushshrike sightings, Brazzaville ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 10%).

Where does the Lühder's Bushshrike sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Lühder's Bushshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Brazzaville (8 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.

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