Campephaga flava
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. The species is closely related to Petit's cuckooshrike and the red-shouldered cuckooshrike, and forms a superspecies with them. It is also known as the African black cuckooshrike.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Black Cuckooshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 146 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 80th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black Cuckoo-shrike in Kigali on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months. Those are among Kigali's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 180 mm in April.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Cuckoo-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 7 cities where we can rate Black Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Kigali has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Nairobi (Kenya, about 10%) and Pretoria (South Africa, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black Cuckoo-shrike that you can see in Kigali (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 80%), White-browed Robin-Chat (about 80%) and Bronze Mannikin (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Kigali (146 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.
