Species profile
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike
Malaconotus cruentus
Quick answer
Guinea and Sierra Leone to e Democratic Republic of the Congo and extreme w Uganda
- Scientific name
- Malaconotus cruentus
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Malaconotus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Fiery-breasted Bushshrike in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Malaconotidae
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
- Bocage's Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
- Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni)
- Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)