Gray-headed Bushshrike
Malaconotus blanchoti
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMalaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies)
- GenusMalaconotus (Large Bushshrikes)
- SpeciesMalaconotus blanchoti (Gray-headed Bushshrike)
Closest Relatives at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus
Southern Boubou
Laniarius ferrugineus
Four-colored Bushshrike
Telophorus viridis
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra australis
Four-colored Bushshrike
Telophorus quadricolor
Brubru
Nilaus afer
Southern Tchagra
Tchagra tchagra
Bokmakierie
Telophorus zeylonus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Red-shouldered Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis nitens
📅 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 Gray-headed Bushshrike in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Gray-headed Bushshrike sighting in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, based on 20 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Gray-headed Bushshrike in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Gray-headed Bushshrike in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in our monthly data.