Magpie Shrike

Magpie Shrike

Urolestes melanoleucus

10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Masai Mara National Reserve

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
0–10
May
0–10
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
0–10
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 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
60–70%
2 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
40–50%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
40–50%
4 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
40–50%
5 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
30–40%
6 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20–30%
7 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
8 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
9 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
10 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
11 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
12 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
13 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
14 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
15 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
16 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
17 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Magpie Shrike in Masai Mara National Reserve?

About 11% of visitor-days record a Magpie Shrike sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 321 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Magpie Shrike in Masai Mara National Reserve?

January has the highest sighting rate for Magpie Shrike in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.

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