Malaconotidae

Tchagra australis Photo by Troy Hibbitts (The Hibbitts) Common name:brown-crowned tchagra (en); picanço-assobiador-de-coroa-castanha (pt); tchagra à tête brune (fr); chagra coroniparda (es); dorntschagra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MalaconotidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Guinea and Sierra Leone to southern Sudan and Kenya, and south to Namibia, Botswana and northern South Africa. Within this region they are only absent form…

Laniarius atrococcineus Photo by Hans Hillewaert (Wikipedia) Common name: crimson-breasted gonolek (en); picanço-preto-e-vermelho (pt); gonolek rouge et noir (fr); gonolek de Burchell (es); rotbauchwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Malaconotidae Range: This African species occurs in a band from Angola and Zambia to the northern parts of South Africa, with large populations in Namibia, Botswana…

Laniarius atrococcineus Photo by Hans Hillewaert (Wikipedia) Common name: crimson-breasted gonolek (en); picanço-preto-e-vermelho (pt); gonolek rouge et noir (fr); gonolek de Burchell (es); rotbauchwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Malaconotidae Range: This African species occurs in a band from Angola and Zambia to the northern parts of South Africa, with large populations in Namibia, Botswana…

Telophorus viridis Common name: four-coloured bushshrike (en); picanço-quadricolor (pt); gladiateur quadricolore (fr); bubú verde (es); vierfarbenwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Malaconotidae Range: This African species occurs in two separate populations, one along the coast of Tanzania and Kenya and the other in Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa. Size: These birds are 19…