Passeriformes
Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
HBW 14, p. 50
- Small to medium-sized passerines with robust, usually hooked and toothed bill, and long, lax and erectile rump feathers; plumage black, black and white, or boldly patterned mainly in green, yellow or russet and scarlet; several polymorphic.
- Africa, one species also in southern Arabia.
- Woodland, scrub and forest, often in farmland and gardens; several species in shrubby grassland, thornveld and semi-desert.
- 8 genera, 49 species, 138 taxa.
- 5 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 0 8 1 Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike (Malaconotus cruentus)
- 14 1 7 6 8 2 Grey-headed Bush-shrike (Malaconotus blanchoti)
- 0 6 3 Monteiro's Bush-shrike (Malaconotus monteiri)
- 4 1 1 2 6 4 Lagden's Bush-shrike (Malaconotus lagdeni)
- 1 1 4 5 Green-breasted Bush-shrike (Malaconotus gladiator)
- 0 2 6 Uluguru Bush-shrike (Malaconotus alius)
- 10 1 4 5 8 7 Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)
- 1 1 8 8 Three-streaked Tchagra (Tchagra jamesi)
- 1 1 8 9 Southern Tchagra (Tchagra tchagra)
- 38 3 13 22 8 10 Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- 9 1 4 4 8 11 Marsh Tchagra (Tchagra minutus)
- 1 1 8 12 Sabine's Puffback (Dryoscopus sabini)
- 2 1 1 8 13 Pink-footed Puffback (Dryoscopus angolensis)
- 0 8 14 Red-eyed Puffback (Dryoscopus senegalensis)
- 17 1 9 7 8 15 Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- 12 5 7 8 16 Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)
- 1 1 8 17 Pringle's Puffback (Dryoscopus pringlii)
- 0 8 18 Sooty Boubou (Laniarius leucorhynchus)
- 22 1 15 6 8 19 Crimson-breasted Shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus)
- 0 10 20 Willard's Boubou (Laniarius willardi)
- 0 8 21 Mountain Boubou (Laniarius poensis)
- 1 1 8 22 Fülleborn's Boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni)
- 16 2 9 5 8 23 Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris)
- 7 1 6 8 24 Lühder's Bush-shrike (Laniarius luehderi)
- 1 1 3 25 Braun's Bush-shrike (Laniarius brauni)
- 1 1 3 26 Gabela Bush-shrike (Laniarius amboimensis)
- 4 2 2 8 27 Red-naped Bush-shrike (Laniarius ruficeps)
- 0 8 28 Somali Boubou (Laniarius erlangeri)
- 17 1 2 14 8 29 Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)
- 1 1 8 30 Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii)
- 16 2 10 4 8 31 Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus)
- 1 1 8 32 East Coast Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
- 8 2 2 4 8 33 Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor)
- 28 1 9 18 8 34 Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
- 14 1 8 5 8 35 Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
- 11 2 6 3 6 36 Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri)
- 2 2 8 37 Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus)
- 1 1 3 38 Mount Kupe Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis)
- 1 1 8 39 Bocage's Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- 1 1 8 40 Many-coloured Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor)
- 1 1 8 41 Black-fronted Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- 2 1 1 8 42 Olive Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus)
- 15 1 8 6 8 43 Orange-breasted Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus)
- 4 2 1 1 8 44 Gorgeous Bush-shrike (Telophorus viridis)
- 8 2 2 4 8 45 Doherty's Bush-shrike (Telophorus dohertyi)
- 22 1 16 5 8 46 Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
- 28 2 14 12 8 47 Rosy-patched Shrike (Telophorus cruentus)
- 12 6 6 8 48 Brubru (Nilaus afer)
- 6 1 4 1 8 49 White-tailed Shrike (Lanioturdus torquatus)
Family statistics
8 genera, 49 species
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| 8 genera | (100%) |
| 41 species | (84%) |
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