Bushshrikes and Allies
Malaconotidae
The bushshrikes are smallish passerine birds. They were formerly classed with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group as the family Malaconotidae.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 50 known species
Boubous and Gonoleks
genusLaniarius
Puffbacks
genusDryoscopus
Telophorus Bushshrikes
genusTelophorus
Typical Tchagras
genusTchagra
Chlorophoneus bushshrikes
genusChlorophoneus
Large Bushshrikes
genusMalaconotus
Nilaus
genusNilaus
Rhodophoneus
genusRhodophoneus
Bocagia
genusBocagia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71333.