Petit's Cuckoo-shrike

Petit's Cuckoo-shrike

Campephaga petiti

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kibale National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

78 Verified sightings at Kibale National Park From 2019 to 2026
769 In all 3 parks
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Petit's Cuckoo-shrike

Petit's cuckooshrike (Campephaga petiti) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:37

Uganda · 2022

© Peter Boesman · XC739472 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:15

Uganda · 2018

© Andrew Spencer · XC433606 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%
2 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
3 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike in Kibale National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 78 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 194th most-seen of the 366 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.

When is the best time to see a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike in Kibale National Park?

February, June and August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike in Kibale National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, July and September–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike?

Between 5 and 8 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Petit's Cuckoo-shrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Kibale National Park the best place to see a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike?

2nd of 3

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Petit's Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%).

Where does the Petit's Cuckoo-shrike sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Petit's Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (78 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.

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