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 29 species which occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo contains the largest number of bushshrikes of any country.
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- 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
- Braun's Bushshrike Laniarius brauni
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Gabon Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Fuelleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
- Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
- Gray-green Bushshrike Telophorus bocagei
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
- Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Telophorus nigrifrons
- Four-colored Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
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