Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The black-fronted bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons) is a passerine bird of the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae. It inhabits forests mainly in East Africa. It forms a superspecies with the many-colored bushshrike (C. multicolor) and the two are sometimes considered to be a single species.
The bird is 18–19 centimetres long. It is variable in appearance and has several different colour morphs. All birds have green upperparts, grey crown and upper back, yellow tip to the tail and dark bill and legs. The orange morph has a black mask and forehead and orange underparts, shading to yellow under the tail. The red morph is similar but redder on the throat and breast with yellow on the belly and undertail-coverts. The buff form has buff underparts and a pale throat. The black morph has an entirely black face, forehead, throat and breast and green belly and undertail-coverts. Females are duller than the males with less black on the forehead. Juvenile birds have buffish underparts with dark barring and yellow edges to the wing-feathers. The song includes repeated bell-like phrases. Pairs often duet together.
It has a patchy distribution and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 4 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Fronted Bushshrike sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 320th most-seen of the 519 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.
April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Fronted Bushshrike in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Ngorongoro Conservation Area's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Fronted 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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Black-Fronted Bushshrike sightings, Ngorongoro Conservation Area ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 20%), Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 10%) and Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Fronted Bushshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (53 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.
