Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike

Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike

Campephaga phoenicea

Silhouette: PhyloPic

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

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

17 Verified sightings at Lake Mburo National Park From 2019 to 2026
173 In all 6 parks
May Best month

About the Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike

The red-shouldered cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is widespread across the Sudan region and adjacent areas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and dry savanna.

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Sounds

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Senegal · 2017

© Bram Piot · XC376304 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Kenya · 2012

© James and David Bradley · XC161594 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~10%
2 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
<5%
3 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
4 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
5 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
6 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Abuja 🇳🇬 Nigeria
<5%
2 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike in Lake Mburo National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Lake Mburo National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 280th most-seen of the 362 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike in Lake Mburo National Park?

May

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike in Lake Mburo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.

Where does the Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Lake Mburo National Park (17 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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