Black Cuckoo-shrike
Campephaga flava
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCampephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)
- GenusCampephaga (African Black Cuckooshrikes)
- SpeciesCampephaga flava (Black Cuckoo-shrike)
The black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. The species is closely related to Petit's cuckooshrike and the red-shouldered cuckooshrike, and forms a superspecies with them. It is also known as the African black cuckooshrike. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Pilanesberg National Park
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatus
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Laniarius atrococcineus
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
Mariqua Flycatcher
Bradornis mariquensis
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-fronted Canary
Crithagra mozambica
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black Cuckoo-shrike at Pilanesberg National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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