Malaconotus | |
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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
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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]