Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sighting in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, based on 290 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 283 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and October–November
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in February, the lowest month.
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.
Yes
Of the 40 parks where we can rate Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike sightings, uMkhuze Game Reserve has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come 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 uMkhuze Game Reserve (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Black-backed Puffback (about 60%), Four-colored Bushshrike (about 50%) and Black-crowned Tchagra (about 40%), 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 uMkhuze Game Reserve (290 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.
