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Malaconotidae or bushshrikes, is a family of smallish passerines. They were formerly classed with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group as the family Malaconotidae. This is an African group of species which are found in scrub or open woodland. They are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush. Although similar in build to the shrikes, these tend to be either colourful species or largely black; some species are quite secretive.

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rdfs:label	Malaconotidae
rdfs:comment	Malaconotidae or bushshrikes, is a family of smallish passerines. They were formerly classed with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group as the family Malaconotidae. This is an African group of species which are found in scrub or open woodland. They are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush. Although similar in build to the shrikes, these tend to be either colourful species or largely black; some species are quite secretive.
dcterms:subject	Families
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Name	Malaconotidae
Caption	Grey-headed Bushshrike
Class	Aves
Family	Malaconotidae
Order	dbkwik:resource/x9WPcdzQb8suSACLfR3Otw== Passeriformes
Phylum	Chordata
abstract	Malaconotidae or bushshrikes, is a family of smallish passerines. They were formerly classed with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group as the family Malaconotidae. This is an African group of species which are found in scrub or open woodland. They are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush. Although similar in build to the shrikes, these tend to be either colourful species or largely black; some species are quite secretive. Some bushshrikes have flamboyant displays. The male puffbacks puff out the loose feathers on their rump and lower back, to look almost ball-like. These are mainly insectivorous forest or scrub birds. Up to four eggs are laid in a cup nest in a tree.
is Family of	Pringle's Puffback Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Fülleborn's Boubou Uluguru Bushshrike Telophorus Four-coloured Bushshrike Many-colored Bushshrike Pink-footed Puffback Braun's Bushshrike Black-headed Gonolek Malaconotidae Three-streaked Tchagra Papyrus Gonolek Tropical Boubou Lühder's Bushshrike Black-fronted Bushshrike Mount Kupe Bushshrike Black-backed Puffback Lagden's Bushshrike Bokmakierie Lowland Sooty Boubou Sabine's Puffback Doherty's Bushshrike Rosy-patched Bushshrike Yellow-breasted Boubou Northern Puffback Laniarius Malaconotus Swamp Boubou Yellow-crowned Gonolek Grey-headed Bushshrike Crimson-breasted Shrike Gorgeous Bushshrike Monteiro's Bushshrike Mountain Sooty Boubou Dryoscopus Marsh Tchagra Gabela Bushshrike Olive Bushshrike Red-eyed Puffback Bocage's Bushshrike Black-crowned Tchagra Willard's Sooty Boubou Brown-crowned Tchagra Brubru Slate-colored Boubou Turati's Boubou Southern Boubou Tchagra Orange-breasted Bushshrike Somali Boubou Red-naped Bushshrike Southern Tchagra Green-breasted Bushshrike

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