Laniarius sublacteus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The East Coast boubou or Zanzibar boubou (Laniarius sublacteus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found from southeast Somalia to northeast Tanzania, and Zanzibar island. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
It has vestigial or no white wing stripe. Outer tail feathers may have white tips. Juveniles have no barring on underside. An all-black morph occurs in the area around the lower Jubba and Tana Rivers and on the Lamu Archipelago.
The East Coast boubou was formerly lumped with the tropical boubou, the black boubou, and the Ethiopian boubou. The species complex was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2008. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zanzibar Boubou sighting in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 106th most-seen of the 138 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.
January, May–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zanzibar Boubou in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zanzibar Boubou sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Zanzibar Boubou sightings, Dar es-Salaam ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mombasa (Kenya, about 60%) and Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zanzibar Boubou is recorded against all the birds logged in Dar es-Salaam (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.
