White-breasted Cuckooshrike

When to see the White-breasted Cuckooshrike

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-breasted Cuckooshrike

The map shades 24 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Burkina Faso.

About the White-breasted Cuckooshrike

The white-breasted cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and dry savanna. The species forages at mid-canopy level and is typically found alone or in pairs. It is insectivorous, feeding primarily on insects and caterpillars.

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Easily confused with

Madagascar CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cinereusThe Madagascar cuckooshrike, also known as the ashy cuckooshrike, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. Comoro CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cucullatusThe Comoro cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. Grauer's CuckooshrikeCeblepyris graueriA slender, medium sized passerine with a relatively long tail and graceful appearance.