Chlorophoneus

Chlorophoneus is a genus of bird in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.

Chlorophoneus
Olive bushshrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Chlorophoneus
Cabanis, 1850

Extant Species

It contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Chlorophoneus bocageiBocage's bushshrikeAngola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Chlorophoneus sulfureopectusOrange-breasted bushshrikeSub-Saharan Africa (relatively absent from most of Central, Southern and the Horn of Africa)
Chlorophoneus olivaceusOlive bushshrikeMalawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.
Chlorophoneus multicolorMany-colored bushshrikeWest Africa and also in western, northern parts of Central Africa and the eastern Congo Basin.
Chlorophoneus nigrifronsBlack-fronted bushshrikecentral Kenya southwards through Tanzania to northern Malawi,southern Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa. .
Chlorophoneus kupeensisMount Kupe bushshrikeCameroon

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