Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
In 3 days ~10%
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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Burkina Faso · 2026
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sighting in Lake Nakuru National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 265th most-seen of the 369 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike in Lake Nakuru National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–August and October–January, the lowest months. Those are among Lake Nakuru National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 120 mm in April.
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.
33rd of 40
Of the 40 parks where we can rate Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sightings, Lake Nakuru National Park ranks 33rd at under 5%. 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 Lake Nakuru National Park (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Tropical Boubou (about 30%), Brown-crowned Tchagra (about 20%) and Northern Puffback (about 10%), 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 Lake Nakuru National Park (24 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.
