Bushshrikes and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Malaconotidae
Bushshrikes are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush. Although similar in build to the shrikes, these tend to be either colourful species or largely black; some species are quite secretive. There are 46 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in Nigeria.
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
- Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
- Large-billed Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minuta
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Luehder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Common Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus
- Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Fuelleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
- Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
- Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator
- Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nigeria
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