Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bias musicus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Selous Game Reserve
1 Verified records at Selous Game Reserve
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The black-and-white shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus), also known as the black-and-white flycatcher or vanga flycatcher, is a species of passerine bird found in Africa. It was placed with the wattle-eyes and batises in the family Platysteiridae but is now considered to be more closely related to the helmetshrikes and woodshrikes. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve

Black-throated Wattle-eye
LC

Black-throated Wattle-eye

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Platysteira peltata

10–20% · With luck
Chinspot Batis
LC

Chinspot Batis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Batis molitor

Insufficient data
Eastern Black-headed Batis
LC

Eastern Black-headed Batis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Batis minor

Insufficient data
Common Bulbul
LC

Common Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus barbatus

70–80% · Very likely
Tropical Boubou

Tropical Boubou

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius major

30–40% · Possible
Purple-banded Sunbird
LC

Purple-banded Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyris bifasciatus

30–40% · Possible
African Golden-Weaver
LC

African Golden-Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ploceus subaureus

30–40% · Possible
Green-backed Camaroptera
LC

Green-backed Camaroptera

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Camaroptera brachyura

30–40% · Possible
African Pied Wagtail
LC

African Pied Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla aguimp

30–40% · Possible
Collared Sunbird
LC

Collared Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hedydipna collaris

30–40% · Possible
Wire-tailed Swallow
LC

Wire-tailed Swallow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hirundo smithii

20–30% · Possible
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
LC

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher at Selous Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
40–50%
2 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
3 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
4 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
5–10%
6 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
7 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
8 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
9 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
10 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
11 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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