Laniarius sublacteus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Zanzibar Boubou sighting in Mombasa on a given day, based on 122 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 146 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and November
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Zanzibar Boubou in Mombasa on a given day, against about 40% in February and June, 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.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Zanzibar Boubou sightings, Mombasa has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 20%) and Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania, about 10%).
Same family: Malaconotidae
The closest relatives of the Zanzibar Boubou that you can see in Mombasa (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Black-backed Puffback (about 50%), Black-crowned Tchagra (about 20%) and Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zanzibar Boubou is recorded against all the birds logged in Mombasa (122 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.
