Many-colored bushshrike

Many-colored bushshrike

Many-coloured bushshrike

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Chlorophoneus multicolor

The many-colored bushshrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor ) or many-coloured bushshrike, is a species of bird in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.

The black-fronted bushshrike (C. nigrifrons ) of southern and eastern Africa is sometimes included in this species.

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It is sparsely present across the African tropical rainforest.

  • C. m. multicolor (Gray, GR, 1845) —  Sierra Leone to Cameroon ;
  • C. m. batesi Sharpe, 1908 — southern Cameroon to western Uganda and northwestern Angola ;
  • C. m. graueri (Hartert, 1908) —  Albertine Rift montane forests.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Habits and Lifestyle

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Seasonal behavior
Bird's call

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References

1. Many-colored bushshrike Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-colored_bushshrike
2. Many-colored bushshrike on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22730664/118753017
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/519842

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