Family
Bushshrikes and Allies
Malaconotidae
50 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The bushshrikes are smallish passerine birds. They were formerly classed with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group as the family Malaconotidae, a name that alludes to their fluffy back and rump feathers. Like their shrike-like relatives, the helmetshrikes, the bushshrikes have arisen in Africa in relatively recent times.
Species in this family
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Grey-green Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei
- Mount Kupe Bushshrike Chlorophoneus kupeensis
- Many-coloured Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
- Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
- Gabela Bushshrike Laniarius amboimensis
- Crimson-breasted Gonolek Laniarius atrococcineus
- Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Gabon Boubou Laniarius bicolor
- Braun's Bushshrike Laniarius brauni
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
- Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Albertine Boubou Laniarius holomelas
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Coastal Boubou Laniarius nigerrimus
- Western Boubou Laniarius poensis
- Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps
- Zanzibar Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii
- Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi
- Uluguru Bushshrike Malaconotus alius
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- Four-coloured Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
Lookalikes compared
- Black-backed Puffback vs Southern Tchagra
- Black-fronted Bushshrike vs Four-coloured Bushshrike
- Bokmakierie vs Four-coloured Bushshrike
- Bokmakierie vs Grey-headed Bushshrike
- Bokmakierie vs Olive Bushshrike
- Bokmakierie vs Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
- Brown-crowned Tchagra vs Southern Tchagra
- Brubru vs Black-crowned Tchagra
- Brubru vs Brown-crowned Tchagra
- Coastal Boubou vs Ethiopian Boubou
- Crimson-breasted Gonolek vs Olive Bushshrike
- Doherty's Bushshrike vs Fiery-breasted Bushshrike
- Marsh Tchagra vs Brown-crowned Tchagra
- Olive Bushshrike vs Black-fronted Bushshrike
- Olive Bushshrike vs Four-coloured Bushshrike
- Red-eyed Puffback vs Black-crowned Tchagra
- Slate-coloured Boubou vs Fülleborn's Boubou
- Southern Tchagra vs Crimson-breasted Gonolek
- Southern Tchagra vs Southern Boubou
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike vs Black-fronted Bushshrike
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike vs Four-coloured Bushshrike
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike vs Grey-headed Bushshrike
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike vs Many-coloured Bushshrike
- Tropical Boubou vs Southern Boubou