Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMalaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies)
- GenusLaniarius (Boubous and Gonoleks)
- SpeciesLaniarius major (Tropical Boubou)
Closest Relatives at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Lühder's Bushshrike
Laniarius luehderi
Western Boubou
Laniarius poensis
Willard's Sooty Boubou
Laniarius willardi
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
Papyrus Gonolek
Laniarius mufumbiri
Sooty Boubou
Laniarius leucorhynchus
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
Pink-footed Puffback
Dryoscopus angolensis
Doherty's Bushshrike
Telophorus dohertyi
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra australis
Lagden's Bushshrike
Malaconotus lagdeni
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Tropical Boubou in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Tropical Boubou sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, based on 122 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Tropical Boubou in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Tropical Boubou in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in our monthly data.