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 15 species which occur in Sierra Leone.
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Large-billed Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minuta
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Common Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
- Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sierra Leone
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