Bird group

Bushshrikes and Allies

50 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Albertine Boubou
Laniarius holomelas
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Albertine Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-backed Puffback is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-crowned Tchagra is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Black-fronted Bushshrike
Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-fronted Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or…

Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-headed Gonolek is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Bokmakierie
Telophorus zeylonus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bokmakierie is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Braun's Bushshrike
Laniarius brauni
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Braun's Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra australis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown-crowned Tchagra is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Brubru
Nilaus afer
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brubru is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in African…

Coastal Boubou
Laniarius nigerrimus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Coastal Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Laniarius atrococcineus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crimson-breasted Gonolek is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or…

Doherty's Bushshrike
Telophorus dohertyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Doherty's Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Ethiopian Boubou
Laniarius aethiopicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ethiopian Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Fiery-breasted Bushshrike
Malaconotus cruentus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fiery-breasted Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or…

Four-colored Bushshrike
Telophorus viridis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Four-colored Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Fülleborn's Boubou
Laniarius fuelleborni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fülleborn's Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Gabela Bushshrike
Laniarius amboimensis
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Gabela Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Gabon Boubou
Laniarius bicolor
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gabon Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Gray-green Bushshrike
Chlorophoneus bocagei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-green Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Gray-headed Bushshrike
Malaconotus blanchoti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-headed Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Green-breasted Bushshrike
Malaconotus gladiator
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Green-breasted Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or…

Lagden's Bushshrike
Malaconotus lagdeni
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Lagden's Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Lowland Sooty Boubou
Laniarius leucorhynchus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lowland Sooty Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Lühder's Bushshrike
Laniarius luehderi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lühder's Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Many-colored Bushshrike
Chlorophoneus multicolor
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Many-colored Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Marsh Tchagra
Bocagia minuta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Marsh Tchagra is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Monteiro's Bushshrike
Malaconotus monteiri
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Monteiro's Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Mount Kupe Bushshrike
Chlorophoneus kupeensis
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Mount Kupe Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern Puffback is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Olive Bushshrike
Chlorophoneus olivaceus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Olive Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Papyrus Gonolek
Laniarius mufumbiri
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Papyrus Gonolek is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Pink-footed Puffback
Dryoscopus angolensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pink-footed Puffback is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Pringle's Puffback
Dryoscopus pringlii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pringle's Puffback is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Red-eyed Puffback
Dryoscopus senegalensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-eyed Puffback is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Red-naped Bushshrike
Laniarius ruficeps
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-naped Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Rhodophoneus cruentus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rosy-patched Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Sabine's Puffback
Dryoscopus sabini
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sabine's Puffback is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Slate-colored Boubou
Laniarius funebris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Slate-colored Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Southern Boubou
Laniarius ferrugineus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Southern Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Southern Tchagra
Tchagra tchagra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Southern Tchagra is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or…

Three-streaked Tchagra
Tchagra jamesi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Three-streaked Tchagra is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tropical Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Turati's Boubou
Laniarius turatii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Turati's Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Uluguru Bushshrike
Malaconotus alius
Endangered≈ Unknown

The Uluguru Bushshrike is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge…

Western Boubou
Laniarius poensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…

Willard's Sooty Boubou
Laniarius willardi
Not Evaluated≈ Unknown

The Willard's Sooty Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Yellow-breasted Boubou
Laniarius atroflavus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-breasted Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Laniarius barbarus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-crowned Gonolek is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest…

Zanzibar Boubou
Laniarius sublacteus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Zanzibar Boubou is a bold African bushshrike relative that hunts insects and small vertebrates in thickets, woodland, or forest edge in…