Grey-headed bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti) in Reichenow (1902)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Malaconotidae
Genus:
Malaconotus Swainson, 1824
Type species
Lanius olivaceus[1]
Vieillot, 1818
Species
6, and see text
Malaconotus is a genus of passerine birds in the bush-shrike family Malaconotidae, which is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Their Greek generic name suggests fluffy back and rump feathers.[2]
^"Malacontidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^Hockey, P. A. R.; Dean, W. R. J.; Ryan, P. G. (2005). Roberts Birds of Southern Africa (7th ed.). Cape Town: Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-620-34053-3.
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