Family

Bushshrikes and Allies

Malaconotidae

31 species in our catalog · found in 54 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyMalaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Laniarius barbarus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Laniarius erythrogaster

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Laniarius major

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Laniarius funebris

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Dryoscopus cubla

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Laniarius atrococcineus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Telophorus zeylonus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Laniarius ferrugineus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Laniarius luehderi

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tchagra australis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Tchagra senegalus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Nilaus afer

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Laniarius leucorhynchus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Dryoscopus gambensis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Malaconotus blanchoti

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Laniarius fuelleborni

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Dryoscopus angolensis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Telophorus dohertyi

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Telophorus viridis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Laniarius sublacteus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Tchagra tchagra

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Laniarius bicolor

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Laniarius poensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Laniarius mufumbiri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Laniarius willardi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Dryoscopus pringlii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Telophorus quadricolor

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Laniarius aethiopicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tchagra jamesi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Laniarius ruficeps

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Malaconotus lagdeni

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~30%

Jan

~30%

Feb

~30%

Mar

~30%

Apr

~30%

May

~30%

Jun

~30%

Jul

~30%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~30%

Oct

~30%

Nov

~30%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Bushshrikes and Allies

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	8	>90%
	Tropical Boubou			~60%
	Black-backed Puffback			~60%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~40%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~30%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~30%
	Brubru			~10%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Southern Boubou			Insufficient data
2	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	6	~90%
	Tropical Boubou			~60%
	Black-backed Puffback			~50%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~40%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Brubru			~20%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
3	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	~90%
	Tropical Boubou			~70%
	Black-backed Puffback			~50%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brubru			<5%
	Slate-colored Boubou			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
4	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	~90%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~60%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~50%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Brubru			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
5	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	6	~90%
	Tropical Boubou			~60%
	Black-backed Puffback			~50%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~30%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Brubru			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
6	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	7	~90%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~50%
	Tropical Boubou			~40%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~30%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Brubru			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
7	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10	~90%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~40%
	Southern Boubou			~40%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			~30%
	Black-backed Puffback			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Brubru			<5%
	Bokmakierie			<5%
	Southern Tchagra			<5%
8	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5	~90%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			~50%
	Black-backed Puffback			~40%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~30%
	Brubru			~30%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
9	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	15	~90%
	Lühder's Bushshrike			~50%
	Northern Puffback			~30%
	Pink-footed Puffback			~30%
	Doherty's Bushshrike			~10%
	Western Boubou			~10%
	Tropical Boubou			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Lagden's Bushshrike			~10%
	Willard's Sooty Boubou			<5%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Black-headed Gonolek			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	+3 more at the park page…
10	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	10	~80%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~40%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~30%
	Brubru			~30%
	Black-headed Gonolek			~20%
	Northern Puffback			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Three-streaked Tchagra			<5%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Lühder's Bushshrike			Insufficient data
11	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	5	~80%
	Yellow-crowned Gonolek			~70%
	Northern Puffback			~30%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brubru			Insufficient data
12	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	14	~80%
	Black-headed Gonolek			~70%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Papyrus Gonolek			~10%
	Tropical Boubou			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Northern Puffback			<5%
	Brubru			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Lühder's Bushshrike			<5%
	Slate-colored Boubou			Insufficient data
	Sooty Boubou			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Puffback			Insufficient data
	+2 more at the park page…
13	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	9	~80%
	Black-backed Puffback			~60%
	Southern Boubou			~40%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			~20%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Brubru			<5%
	Bokmakierie			Insufficient data
14	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	11	~80%
	Black-headed Gonolek			~50%
	Tropical Boubou			~30%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~20%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Brubru			~10%
	Northern Puffback			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Papyrus Gonolek			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Black-backed Puffback			<5%
	Lühder's Bushshrike			Insufficient data
15	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	7	~80%
	Tropical Boubou			~50%
	Black-backed Puffback			~40%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Gabon Boubou			Insufficient data
	Brubru			~10%
16	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	11	~80%
	Black-backed Puffback			~50%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~30%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~20%
	Brubru			~10%
	Southern Boubou			~10%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			<5%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			<5%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			<5%
	Bokmakierie			<5%
17	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	6	~80%
	Bokmakierie			~50%
	Southern Boubou			~50%
	Southern Tchagra			~20%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
18	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	7	~80%
	Black-backed Puffback			~60%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~30%
	Tropical Boubou			~20%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			Insufficient data
19	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	8	~80%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~40%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~30%
	Brubru			~20%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Three-streaked Tchagra			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
	Pringle's Puffback			Insufficient data
20	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	11	~80%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~40%
	Black-backed Puffback			~20%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~20%
	Brubru			~20%
	Pringle's Puffback			~10%
	Three-streaked Tchagra			~10%
	Red-naped Bushshrike			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Zanzibar Boubou			<5%
21	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	11	~80%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Fuelleborn's Boubou			~30%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~20%
	Brubru			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Tropical Boubou			~10%
	Zanzibar Boubou			<5%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Pringle's Puffback			Insufficient data
22	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	12	~80%
	Black-headed Gonolek			~50%
	Tropical Boubou			~40%
	Brubru			~20%
	Papyrus Gonolek			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Slate-colored Boubou			<5%
	Northern Puffback			<5%
	Sooty Boubou			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Lühder's Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Willard's Sooty Boubou			Insufficient data
23	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	9	~80%
	Black-headed Gonolek			~50%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~30%
	Northern Puffback			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Papyrus Gonolek			<5%
	Three-streaked Tchagra			Insufficient data
24	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	8	~80%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			~50%
	Southern Boubou			~30%
	Black-backed Puffback			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Brubru			<5%
	Bokmakierie			Insufficient data
25	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	6	~80%
	Tropical Boubou			~40%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~20%
	Brubru			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
26	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	12	~80%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~30%
	Zanzibar Boubou			~20%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Four-colored Bushshrike			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Pringle's Puffback			~10%
	Red-naped Bushshrike			<5%
	Three-streaked Tchagra			<5%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Tropical Boubou			Insufficient data
27	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	14	~80%
	Doherty's Bushshrike			~30%
	Northern Puffback			~20%
	Lühder's Bushshrike			~20%
	Tropical Boubou			~20%
	Western Boubou			~20%
	Willard's Sooty Boubou			~10%
	Pink-footed Puffback			~10%
	Lagden's Bushshrike			<5%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Papyrus Gonolek			<5%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	+2 more at the park page…
28	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	~70%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~40%
	Black-backed Puffback			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Tropical Boubou			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
29	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	8	~70%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~30%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Tropical Boubou			~20%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~20%
	Brubru			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Zanzibar Boubou			~10%
	Slate-colored Boubou			Insufficient data
30	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	17	~70%
	Lühder's Bushshrike			~20%
	Tropical Boubou			~20%
	Northern Puffback			~20%
	Black-headed Gonolek			~20%
	Pink-footed Puffback			~10%
	Doherty's Bushshrike			~10%
	Western Boubou			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Lagden's Bushshrike			<5%
	Willard's Sooty Boubou			<5%
	Papyrus Gonolek			<5%
	+5 more at the park page…
31	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	7	~70%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~50%
	Brubru			~40%
	Three-streaked Tchagra			~10%
	Northern Puffback			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Pringle's Puffback			<5%
32	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	8	~70%
	Tropical Boubou			~60%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Doherty's Bushshrike			<5%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Brubru			Insufficient data
	Slate-colored Boubou			Insufficient data
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
33	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	7	~70%
	Tropical Boubou			~30%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Brubru			~20%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
34	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	6	~70%
	Black-backed Puffback			~40%
	Tropical Boubou			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
35	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	7	~70%
	Tropical Boubou			~20%
	Black-backed Puffback			~20%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
36	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	8	~70%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~30%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Brubru			~20%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Pringle's Puffback			Insufficient data
37	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4	~70%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			~60%
	Brubru			~10%
	Bokmakierie			Insufficient data
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
38	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~60%
	Bokmakierie			~50%
	Southern Boubou			~20%
39	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	8	~60%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~30%
	Brubru			~20%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Tropical Boubou			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Black-headed Gonolek			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
40	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5	~60%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			~40%
	Brubru			~10%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
41	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	8	~60%
	Tropical Boubou			~30%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Northern Puffback			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Slate-colored Boubou			<5%
42	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	8	~60%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			~20%
	Gabon Boubou			~20%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
43	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	12	~60%
	Tropical Boubou			~30%
	Northern Puffback			~10%
	Western Boubou			~10%
	Doherty's Bushshrike			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Lagden's Bushshrike			<5%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Black-headed Gonolek			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Lühder's Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Papyrus Gonolek			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Puffback			Insufficient data
44	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	8	~60%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~20%
	Black-backed Puffback			~20%
	Tropical Boubou			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Black-headed Gonolek			<5%
45	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	~60%
	Tropical Boubou			~40%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Zanzibar Boubou			Insufficient data
46	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4	~60%
	Southern Boubou			~40%
	Black-backed Puffback			~30%
	Southern Tchagra			<5%
	Bokmakierie			<5%
47	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	8	~60%
	Tropical Boubou			~20%
	Black-backed Puffback			~10%
	Gabon Boubou			~10%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Brubru			<5%
48	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	6	~50%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			~20%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~20%
	Northern Puffback			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Ethiopian Boubou			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			~10%
49	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	11	~50%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~20%
	Lühder's Bushshrike			~20%
	Tropical Boubou			~10%
	Northern Puffback			~10%
	Papyrus Gonolek			~10%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			<5%
	Pink-footed Puffback			<5%
	Black-headed Gonolek			<5%
	Brubru			Insufficient data
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			Insufficient data
	Sooty Boubou			Insufficient data
50	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	7	~40%
	Sooty Boubou			~30%
	Northern Puffback			<5%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
	Black-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
	Tropical Boubou			Insufficient data
	Slate-colored Boubou			Insufficient data
	Black-headed Gonolek			Insufficient data
51	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	7	~30%
	Slate-colored Boubou			~20%
	Brubru			~10%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			~10%
	Black-backed Puffback			<5%
	Tropical Boubou			<5%
	Gray-headed Bushshrike			<5%
	Black-crowned Tchagra			Insufficient data
52	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~30%
	Southern Boubou			~30%
	Bokmakierie			~10%
53	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	~20%
	Bokmakierie			~10%
	Brubru			~10%
	Crimson-breasted Gonolek			<5%
	Brown-crowned Tchagra			<5%
54	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2	~20%
	Ethiopian Boubou			~10%
	Northern Puffback			~10%