Orange-breasted bushshrike
| Orange-breasted bushshrike | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Telophorus |
| Species: | T. sulfureopectus |
| Binomial name | |
| Telophorus sulfureopectus (Lesson, 1831) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (Telophorus sulfureopectus) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna and moist savanna. Another species, Braun's bushshrike, is sometimes called orange-breasted bushshrike, as well.
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References
- BirdLife International 2004. Malaconotus sulfureopectus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
External links
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- Photo at The Internet Bird Collection