Brubru

Nilaus afer

The brubru is a species of bushshrike found in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the only member of the genus Nilaus. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 168 times across 4 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Africa ranged from 25°S in January to 2°S in October, about 2,500 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.