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Bird name: Grey-headed Bushshrike
Latin: Malaconotus blanchoti
Other: Gladiateur de Blanchot (Fr)
Family: Malaconotidae - Bushshrikes
Range: Widespread Africa
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An interesting and attractive bird - we saw two or three Grey-headed Bushshrikes in a display behaviour just outside Marakissa River Camp. The pair stretched their necks and clacked their bills - see video below. Only time I saw this bird.

Below, Grey-headed Bushshrike displays to another bird, Marakissa, Gambia, Feb 2013



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Bird name: Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Latin: Laniarius barbarus
Other: Gonolek de Barbarie (Fr)
Family: Malaconotidae - Bushshrikes
Range: West Africa
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The Yellow-crowned Gonolek was often seen and heard - very loud call and bright red colouring make it very distinctive. Even seen at lodge in Janjanbureh - tapping on my window! But kept its distance for photos.

Below, Yellow-crowned Gonolek on massive Baobab tree, Gambia, March 2013
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Bird name: Black Crowned Tchagra
Latin: Tchagra senegalus
Other:
Family: Malaconotidae - Bushshrikes
Range: Africa, Arabian Peninsula
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Seen and heard several times, but difficult to get a good photo.

© GW - monacoeye • All rights reserved. Gambia, Mar 2013.

Bird name: Northern Puffback
Latin: Dryoscopus gambensis
Other: Cubla de Gambie (Fr)
Family: Malaconotidae - Bushshrikes
Range: W, C Africa
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A Northern Puffback - probably females, seen a couple of times in Gambia. Cute behaviour.

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© Tom C - monacoeye • All rights reserved • Tanzania, July

Bird name: Tropical Boubou
Latin: Laniarius major
Other:
Family: Malaconotidae - Bushshrikes
Range: W, C Africa south to S Zambia, N, C Mozambique
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Thanks to Tom for this shot of a Tropical Boubou in Tanzania/Kenya.

143 Malaconotidae - Bushshrikes - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Malaconotus cruentus - Fiery-breasted Bushshrike - W, C Africa
Malaconotus monteiri - Monteiro's Bushshrike - SW Cameroon, NW Angola
Malaconotus blanchoti - Grey-headed Bushshrike - Widespread Africa
Malaconotus lagdeni - Lagden's Bushshrike - W, C Africa
Malaconotus gladiator - Green-breasted Bushshrike - SE Nigeria, W Cameroon
Malaconotus alius - Uluguru Bushshrike - C Tanzania

Chlorophoneus kupeensis - Mount Kupe Bushshrike - SW Cameroon
Chlorophoneus multicolor - Many-colored Bushshrike - W, C Africa
Chlorophoneus nigrifrons - Black-fronted Bushshrike - E Africa
Chlorophoneus olivaceus - Olive Bushshrike - SE Africa
Chlorophoneus bocagei - Bocage's Bushshrike - C Africa
Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus - Orange-breasted Bushshrike - Widespread Africa
Chlorophoneus viridis - Gorgeous Bushshrike - WC, C Africa
Chlorophoneus quadricolor - Four-colored Bushshrike - E, SE Africa
Chlorophoneus dohertyi - Doherty's Bushshrike - EC Africa

Telophorus zeylonus - Bokmakierie - S Africa

Rhodophoneus cruentus - Rosy-patched Bushshrike - NE, EC Africa

Bocagia minuta - Marsh Tchagra - W, C Africa

Tchagra australis - Brown-crowned Tchagra - Widespread Africa
Tchagra jamesi - Three-streaked Tchagra - NE Africa
Tchagra tchagra - Southern Tchagra - S Africa
Tchagra senegalus - Black-crowned Tchagra - Widespread Africa, also Arabian Peninsula

Dryoscopus sabini - Sabine's Puffback - W, C Africa
Dryoscopus angolensis - Pink-footed Puffback - C, E Africa
Dryoscopus senegalensis - Red-eyed Puffback - C Africa
Dryoscopus cubla - Black-backed Puffback - C, E, S Africa
Dryoscopus gambensis - Northern Puffback - W, C Africa
Dryoscopus pringlii - Pringle's Puffback - NE, E Africa

Laniarius leucorhynchus - Lowland Sooty Boubou - W, C Africa
Laniarius poensis - Mountain Sooty Boubou - SE Nigeria, SW Cameroon, Bioko and Abertine rift in Zaire, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda
Laniarius willardi - Willard's Sooty Boubou - Albertine Rift in Uganda, Burundi - new species
Laniarius fuelleborni - Fülleborn's Boubou - EC Africa
Laniarius funebris - Slate-colored Boubou - NE, E Africa
Laniarius luehderi - Lühder's Bushshrike - C Africa
Laniarius brauni - Braun's Bushshrike - NW Angola
Laniarius amboimensis - Gabela Bushshrike - cw Angola
Laniarius ruficeps - Red-naped Bushshrike - NE Africa
Laniarius aethiopicus - Ethiopian Boubou - Eritrea, Ethiopia, NW Somalia
Laniarius major - Tropical Boubou - W, C Africa south to S Zambia, N, C Mozambique - Split from L. aethiopicus
Laniarius erlangeri - Somali Boubou - SC Somalia - Split from L. aethiopicus; includes L. liberatus color morph
Laniarius sublacteus - East Coast Boubou - SE Somalia to NE Tanzania, Zanzibar - Split from L. aethiopicus; Was Zanzibar Boubou
Laniarius ferrugineus - Southern Boubou - S Africa
Laniarius bicolor - Swamp Boubou - WC Africa
Laniarius turatii - Turati's Boubou - W Africa
Laniarius barbarus - Yellow-crowned Gonolek - W Africa
Laniarius mufumbiri - Papyrus Gonolek - EC Africa
Laniarius erythrogaster - Black-headed Gonolek - C Africa
Laniarius atrococcineus - Crimson-breasted Shrike - S Africa
Laniarius atroflavus - Yellow-breasted Boubou - WC Africa

Nilaus afer - Brubru - Widespread Africa