Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 Lilongwe on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 52 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike in Lilongwe on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–June, August–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Lilongwe's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against almost none in June. October has too few records to rate.
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.
3rd of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sightings, Lilongwe ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mombasa (Kenya, about 20%) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 10%).
Same family: Malaconotidae
The closest relatives of the Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike that you can see in Lilongwe (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Tropical Boubou (about 20%) and Black-backed Puffback (about 20%), 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 Lilongwe (6 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.
