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, 48 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 7 3 Monteiro's Bush-shrike (Malaconotus monteiri)
- 2 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)
- 8 1 3 4 8 7 Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)
- 1 1 8 8 Three-streaked Tchagra (Tchagra jamesi)
- 1 1 8 9 Southern Tchagra (Tchagra tchagra)
- 23 7 16 8 10 Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- 5 1 4 8 11 Marsh Tchagra (Tchagra minutus)
- 1 1 8 12 Sabine's Puffback (Dryoscopus sabini)
- 1 1 8 13 Pink-footed Puffback (Dryoscopus angolensis)
- 0 8 14 Red-eyed Puffback (Dryoscopus senegalensis)
- 12 1 8 3 8 15 Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- 10 3 7 8 16 Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)
- 1 1 8 17 Pringle's Puffback (Dryoscopus pringlii)
- 0 8 18 Sooty Boubou (Laniarius leucorhynchus)
- 18 1 12 5 8 19 Crimson-breasted Shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus)
- 0 8 20 Mountain Boubou (Laniarius poensis)
- 0 8 21 Fülleborn's Boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni)
- 13 8 5 8 22 Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris)
- 7 1 6 8 23 Lühder's Bush-shrike (Laniarius luehderi)
- 1 1 3 24 Braun's Bush-shrike (Laniarius brauni)
- 1 1 3 25 Gabela Bush-shrike (Laniarius amboimensis)
- 3 1 2 8 26 Red-naped Bush-shrike (Laniarius ruficeps)
- 0 8 27 Somali Boubou (Laniarius erlangeri)
- 10 1 1 8 8 28 Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)
- 1 1 8 29 Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii)
- 13 2 8 3 8 30 Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus)
- 1 1 8 31 East Coast Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
- 8 2 2 4 8 32 Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor)
- 20 3 17 8 33 Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
- 8 3 5 8 34 Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
- 7 4 3 6 35 Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri)
- 1 1 8 36 Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus)
- 1 1 3 37 Mount Kupe Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis)
- 1 1 8 38 Bocage's Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- 1 1 8 39 Many-coloured Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor)
- 1 1 8 40 Black-fronted Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- 2 1 1 8 41 Olive Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus)
- 12 1 6 5 8 42 Orange-breasted Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus)
- 4 2 1 1 8 43 Gorgeous Bush-shrike (Telophorus viridis)
- 6 2 4 8 44 Doherty's Bush-shrike (Telophorus dohertyi)
- 17 1 14 2 8 45 Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
- 17 2 4 11 8 46 Rosy-patched Shrike (Telophorus cruentus)
- 9 3 6 8 47 Brubru (Nilaus afer)
- 5 1 3 1 8 48 White-tailed Shrike (Lanioturdus torquatus)
Family statistics
8 genera, 48 species
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| 8 genera | (100%) |
| 40 species | (83%) |
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