Brubru
Nilaus afer
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMalaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies)
- GenusNilaus
- SpeciesNilaus afer (Brubru)
Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve
Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tchagra jamesi
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
Pringle's Puffback
Dryoscopus pringlii
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Malaconotus blanchoti
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser donaldsoni
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Passer gongonensis
📅 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 Brubru in Samburu National Reserve?
About 36% of visitor-days record a Brubru sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 329 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brubru in Samburu National Reserve?
March has the highest sighting rate for Brubru in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.