Orange-breasted bushshrike

The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It 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. Another species, Braun's bushshrike, is sometimes called orange-breasted bushshrike, as well. The Orange-breasted bushshrike is not a migrant species.

Orange-breasted bushshrike
Scientific classification
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 Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus include mainly insects, such as beetles, caterpillars, bees, ants, and wasps in terms of their diet. [2]

In Zambia

References
  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.

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  1. 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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