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Where to see the Orange-breasted Bushshrike in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Orange-breasted Bushshrike at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

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Orange-breasted Bushshrike
Photo: (c) Robert Muckley, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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When and where to find the Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Hosts have recorded the Orange-breasted Bushshrike at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Hluhluwe-Imfolozi · iSimangaliso Wetland

    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

Kruger

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

Kwandwe

Species

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

Records

514

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Orange-breasted Bushshrike on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Orange-breasted Bushshrike in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Orange-breasted Bushshrike at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Madikwe Game Reserve. 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.

Where can you see the Orange-breasted Bushshrike in South Africa?

The Orange-breasted Bushshrike is most recorded in Mpumalanga (36% of records), Limpopo (30% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (22% of records), based on 514 iNaturalist observations. 28 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Orange-breasted Bushshrike on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Orange-breasted Bushshrike?

The Orange-breasted Bushshrike 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. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Orange-breasted Bushshrike?

The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Another bird, Braun's bushshrike, is also sometimes called the orange-breasted bushshrike.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Every stay on the Orange-breasted Bushshrike page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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