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 Murchison Falls National Park
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Papyrus Gonolek
Laniarius mufumbiri
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra australis
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Malaconotus blanchoti
Brubru
Nilaus afer
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tchagra jamesi
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
📅 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 Murchison Falls National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Tropical Boubou sighting in Murchison Falls National Park, based on 33 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Tropical Boubou in Murchison Falls National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Tropical Boubou in Murchison Falls National Park in our monthly data.