The bushshrikes are smallish African birds that inhabit scrub or open woodland.
They feed on insects and other small prey, hunting them from a perch on a bush.
Some subspecies are colorful, while others are mostly black.
Some bushshrikes have flamboyant courtship displays. The average clutch consists of 4 eggs that are placed in a cup nest in a tree.
Species:
- Brubru, Nilaus afer
- Northern Puffback, Dryoscopus gambensis
- Pringle’s Puffback, Dryoscopus pringlii
- 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
- Three-streaked Tchagra, Tchagra jamesi
- Southern Tchagra, Tchagra tchagra
- Red-naped Bushshrike, Laniarius ruficeps
- Luehder’s Bushshrike, Laniarius luehderi
- Bulo Burti Boubou, Laniarius liberatus
- Turati’s Boubou, Laniarius turatii
- Tropical Boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus
- Gabon Boubou, Laniarius bicolor
- Southern Boubou, Laniarius ferrugineus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek, Laniarius barbarus
- Black-headed Gonolek, Laniarius erythrogaster
- Crimson-breasted Gonolek, Laniarius atrococcineus
- Papyrus Gonolek, Laniarius mufumbiri
- Yellow-breasted Boubou, Laniarius atroflavus
- Slate-colored Boubou, Laniarius funebris
- Sooty Boubou, Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Fuelleborn’s Boubou, Laniarius fuelleborni
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike, Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Bokmakierie, Telophorus zeylonus
- Grey-green Bushshrike, Telophorus bocagei
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike, Telophorus sulfureopectus
- Olive Bushshrike, Telophorus olivaceus
- Many-colored Bushshrike, Telophorus multicolor
- Black-fronted Bushshrike, Telophorus nigrifrons
- Mt. Kupe Bushshrike, Telophorus kupeensis
- Four-colored Bushshrike, Telophorus viridis
- Doherty’s Bushshrike, Telophorus dohertyi
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike, Malaconotus cruentus
- Lagden’s Bushshrike, Malaconotus lagdeni
- Green-breasted Bushshrike, Malaconotus gladiator
- Grey-headed Bushshrike, Malaconotus blanchoti
- Monteiro’s Bushshrike, Malaconotus monteiri
- Uluguru Bushshrike, Malaconotus alius
