List of Birds of Uganda - 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 23 species which occur in Uganda.

  • Brubru Nilaus afer
  • Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
  • Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
  • Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
  • Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minuta
  • Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
  • Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
  • Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
  • Luehder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
  • Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
  • 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
  • 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 Uganda

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