Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Another bird, Braun's bushshrike, is also sometimes called the orange-breasted bushshrike.
The orange-breasted bushshrike is widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa (relatively absent from most of Central, Southern and the Horn of Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna and moist savanna. It is not a migrant species.
The bushshrike eats mainly insects, such as beetles, caterpillars, bees, ants, and wasps. BirdLife International 2016. [BirdLife International. 2016. Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22707647A94133019. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707647A94133019.en. Downloaded on 7 December 2018.]
Orange-breasted Bushshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Photo at The Internet Bird Collection Wikipedia →
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South Africa · 2024
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 4 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 5 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 9 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 135th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–March, June and August–October, the lowest months. That is one of Kidepo Valley National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 130 mm in July. April and May have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
20th of 40
Of the 40 parks where we can rate Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sightings, Kidepo Valley National Park ranks 20th at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%), Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 30%) and Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Malaconotidae
The closest relatives of the Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Black-crowned Tchagra (about 40%), Slate-colored Boubou (about 30%) and Brubru (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (41 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.
