Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Another bird, Braun's bushshrike, is also sometimes called the orange-breasted bushshrike.
The orange-breasted bushshrike is widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa (relatively absent from most of Central, Southern and the Horn of Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna and moist savanna. It is not a migrant species.
The bushshrike eats mainly insects, such as beetles, caterpillars, bees, ants, and wasps. BirdLife International 2016. [BirdLife International. 2016. Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22707647A94133019. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707647A94133019.en. Downloaded on 7 December 2018.]
Orange-breasted Bushshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Photo at The Internet Bird Collection Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 5 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 9 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sighting in Harare on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 114th most-seen of the 213 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.
April, June–July and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike in Harare on a given day, against under 5% in May, August and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Harare's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 200 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sightings, Harare ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mombasa (Kenya, about 20%), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 10%) and Lilongwe (Malawi, about 10%).
Same family: Malaconotidae
The closest relatives of the Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike that you can see in Harare (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Tropical Boubou (about 30%), Black-backed Puffback (about 30%) and Gray-headed Bushshrike (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Harare (35 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.
