What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Orange-breasted Bushshrike been recorded?

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus occurrence evidence comes from 201 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1867 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Orange-breasted Bushshrike
Orange-breasted Bushshrike — Photo (display-sized rendition): Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesMalaconotidaeChlorophoneus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

201 records across 17 countries and territories, 1867–2026.

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus · GBIF taxon key 5845131

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18672026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Orange-breasted Bushshrike has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Orange-breasted Bushshrike. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 53
Kenya 31
Mozambique 21
Tanzania 21
Angola 11
Malawi 11
Botswana 8
Senegal 8
Zimbabwe 8
Zambia 7
Ghana 6
Ethiopia 4
Namibia 4
Uganda 3
Côte d'Ivoire 2
Gambia 2
Eswatini 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.