Campephaga flava
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In 3 days <5%
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 Etosha National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 250th most-seen of the 260 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black Cuckoo-shrike in Etosha National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
41st of 41
Of the 41 parks where we can rate Black Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Etosha National Park ranks 41st at under 5%. The best odds are in Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 30%), uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 30%) and Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black Cuckoo-shrike that you can see in Etosha National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Fork-tailed Drongo (about 80%), Red-shouldered Glossy-starling (about 70%) and African Red-eyed Bulbul (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 Etosha National Park (8 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
