Grey Cuckooshrike

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Grey Cuckooshrike at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kruger National Park, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Garden Route National Park, Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Grey Cuckooshrike is most recorded in Western Cape (55% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (21% of records), Limpopo (12% of records), based on 339 iNaturalist observations. 22 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Grey Cuckooshrike on site or nearby.

The Grey Cuckooshrike is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Garden Route National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The grey cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. It is a medium-sized forest bird, with grey to blue-grey plumage and large black eyes. There are two subspecies that occur in forest patches of southern and central Africa respectively.