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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Malaconotidae (bush-shrikes, puffbacks, boubous, tchagras, helmet shrikes, batises and wattle-eyes)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Antichromus anchietae (Anchieta's tchagra, Marsh tchagra) 

Batis capensis (Cape batis) 

Batis fratrum (Woodwards' batis) 

Batis molitor (Chinspot batis) 

Batis pririt (Pririt batis) 

Batis soror (Pale batis, Mozambique batis) 

Bias musicus (Black-and-white flycatcher, Vanga flycatcher) 

Dryoscopus cubla (Black-backed puffback, Puffback) 

Laniarius aethiopicus (Tropical boubou) 

Laniarius atrococcineus (Crimson-breasted shrike, Crimson-breasted boubou) 

Laniarius bicolor (Swamp boubou) 

Laniarius ferrugineus (Southern boubou) 

Lanioturdus torquatus (White-tailed shrike)

Malaconotus blanchoti (Grey-headed bush-shrike) 

Nilaus afer (Brubru) 

Platysteira peltata (Black-throated wattle-eye, Wattle-eyed flycatcher) 

Prionops plumatus (White-crested helmet-shrike, White helmet-shrike) 

Prionops retzii (Retz's helmet-shrike, Red-billed helmet-shrike) 

Prionops scopifrons (Chestnut-fronted helmet-shrike)

Tchagra australis (Brown-crowned tchagra, Three-streaked tchagra) 

Tchagra senegalus (Black-crowned tchagra) 

Tchagra tchagra (Southern tchagra) 

Telophorus nigrifrons (Black-fronted bush-shrike) 

Telophorus olivaceus (Olive bush-shrike) 

Telophorus sulfureopectus (Orange-breasted bush-shrike) 

Telophorus viridis (Gorgeous bush-shrike) 

Telophorus zeylonus (Bokmakierie)