List of Birds of Senegal - Bushshrikes and Allies

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 9 species which occur in Senegal.

  • Brubru Nilaus afer
  • Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
  • Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
  • Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
  • Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii
  • Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
  • Common Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
  • Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
  • Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti

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