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Petit's Cuckoo-shrike

Campephaga petiti

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kibale National Park
60 Verified records at Kibale National Park
August Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Petit's cuckooshrike (Campephaga petiti) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Kibale National Park, based on 60 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kibale National Park

Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike
LC

Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike

Bird

Campephaga phoenicea

<5% · Rare
Black Cuckoo-shrike
LC

Black Cuckoo-shrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Campephaga flava

<5% · Rare
Grey Cuckoo-Shrike

Grey Cuckoo-Shrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coracina caesia

Insufficient data
White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike

White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coracina pectoralis

Insufficient data
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

60–70% · Likely
Olive-bellied Sunbird
LC

Olive-bellied Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyris chloropygius

40–50% · Likely
Little Greenbul
LC

Little Greenbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eurillas virens

40–50% · Likely
Bronze Mannikin

Bronze Mannikin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lonchura cucullata

40–50% · Likely
Green-backed Camaroptera
LC

Green-backed Camaroptera

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Camaroptera brachyura

40–50% · Likely
Gray-headed Negrofinch
LC

Gray-headed Negrofinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Nigrita canicapillus

40–50% · Likely
African Blue Flycatcher
LC

African Blue Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Elminia longicauda

40–50% · Likely
Vieillot's Weaver
LC

Vieillot's Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ploceus nigerrimus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
5–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
30–40%
2 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
10–20%
3 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
4 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
5 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
6 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
7 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike in Kibale National Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Petit's Cuckoo-shrike sighting in Kibale National Park, based on 60 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Petit's Cuckoo-shrike in Kibale National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Petit's Cuckoo-shrike in Kibale National Park in our monthly data.

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