White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike
Coracina pectoralis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCampephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)
- GenusCoracina (Typical Cuckooshrikes)
- SpeciesCoracina pectoralis (White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike)
The white-breasted cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and dry savanna. The species forages at mid-canopy level and is typically found alone or in pairs. It is insectivorous, feeding primarily on insects and caterpillars. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Black Cuckoo-shrike
Campephaga flava
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer diffusus
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Chlorocichla flaviventris
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 10 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 14 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike in Mana Pools National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike in Mana Pools National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.