Many-colored bushshrike

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The many-colored bushshrike or many-coloured bushshrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor) is a species of bird in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.

Many-colored bushshrike
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Chlorophoneus
Species:
C. multicolor
Binomial name
Chlorophoneus multicolor
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms

Telophorus multicolor
Malaconotus multicolor

The black-fronted bushshrike (C. nigrifrons) of southern and eastern Africa is sometimes included in this species.

It is sparsely present across the African tropical rainforest.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Chlorophoneus multicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22730664A118753017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22730664A118753017.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • Sinclair, Ian & Ryan, Peter (2003) Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Struik, Cape Town.