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 Samburu National Reserve
Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
Brubru
Nilaus afer
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tchagra jamesi
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
Pringle's Puffback
Dryoscopus pringlii
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
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 Gray-headed Bushshrike in Samburu National Reserve?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Gray-headed Bushshrike sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Gray-headed Bushshrike in Samburu National Reserve?
July has the highest sighting rate for Gray-headed Bushshrike in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.