Orange-breasted bushshrike

Orange-breasted bushshrike
	Adult bird at Rust De Winter Nature Reserve, Limpopo
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Malaconotidae
Genus:	Chlorophoneus
Species:	C. sulfureopectus
Binomial name
	Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus; (Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms
	Telophorus sulfureopectus; Malaconotus sulfureopectus

The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Another bird, Braun's bushshrike, is also sometimes called the orange-breasted bushshrike.

Distribution and habitat

The orange-breasted bushshrike is widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa (relatively absent from most of Central, Southern and the Horn of Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna and moist savanna. It is not a migrant species.

Behaviour

The bushshrike eats mainly insects, such as beetles, caterpillars, bees, ants, and wasps.^[2]

At Polokwane Game Reserve, Limpopo
Juvenile T. s. similis at Kruger National Park
Adult bird in Zambia

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707647A94133019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707647A94133019.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts - Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.

BirdLife International 2016. [BirdLife International. 2016. Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22707647A94133019. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707647A94133019.en. Downloaded on 7 December 2018.]

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External links

Orange-breasted Bushshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Photo at The Internet Bird Collection

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^ Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts - Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.

[iucn_status_15_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707647A94133019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707647A94133019.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[2] Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts - Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.

[3] Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts - Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.

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