Coracina pectoralis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-breasted cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and dry savanna. The species forages at mid-canopy level and is typically found alone or in pairs. It is insectivorous, feeding primarily on insects and caterpillars.
White-breasted cuckooshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike sighting in Kafue National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 196th most-seen of the 338 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.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike in Kafue National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Breasted 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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike sightings, Kafue National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mikumi National Park (Tanzania, about 20%) and Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Kafue National Park (38 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.
