Grey Cuckoo-Shrike

Grey Cuckoo-Shrike

Coracina caesia

5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Virunga National Park
406 Verified records at Virunga National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The grey cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. It is a medium-sized forest bird, with grey to blue-grey plumage and large black eyes. There are two subspecies that occur in forest patches of southern and central Africa respectively. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Cuckoo-Shrike sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 406 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
5–10
Mar
5–10
Apr
10–20
May
5–10
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
5–10
Sep
5–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
5–10
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
20–30%
2 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
10–20%
3 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
4 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
5–10%
6 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
5–10%
7 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
8 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
9 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
10 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
11 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
12 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
13 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Insufficient data
14 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
15 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
16 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
17 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
18 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
19 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
20 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
21 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
22 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Grey Cuckoo-Shrike in Virunga National Park?

About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Cuckoo-Shrike sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 406 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Grey Cuckoo-Shrike in Virunga National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Grey Cuckoo-Shrike in Virunga National Park in our monthly data.

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