Campephaga quiscalina
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The purple-throated cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 287th 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 October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Ngorongoro Conservation Area's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-throated 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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike sightings, Ngorongoro Conservation Area ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (74 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.
