Malaconotoidea
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Malaconotoidea is a superfamily of passerine birds. They contain a vast diversity of omnivorous and carnivorous songbirds widespread in Africa and Australia, many of which superficially resemble shrik
Helmet vanga
Bushshrike
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The bushshrikes are smallish passerine birds. They were formerly classed with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group a
Malaconotoidea
…in Africa and Australia, many of which superficially resemble shrikes. It was defined and named by Cracraft and colleagues in 2004 and contains the bushshrikes (Malaconotidae), helmetshrikes (Prionopidae), ioras (Aegithinidae), vangas (Vangidae) and the Australian butcherbirds, magpies, currawongs and woodswallows…
Flickr Rainbirder Yellow crowned Gonolek
Laniarius funebris, the slate-colored boubou, mates in monogamous pairs. It has been suggested that songs of this species are triggered more by behavioral cues than by hormone levels.
Brubru, Nilaus afer, at Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa
Dryoscopus gambensis, Mole National Park, Ghana, crop