Campephaga flava
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 →
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 123rd most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Cuckoo-shrike in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in April to January, the lowest months. Those are among Pretoria's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
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.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Black Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Pretoria ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Kigali (Rwanda, about 10%) and Nairobi (Kenya, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black Cuckoo-shrike that you can see in Pretoria (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 80%), Southern Masked Weaver (about 70%) and Karoo Thrush (about 70%), 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 Pretoria (18 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.
