Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus)

Other Names (World)
Rosy-patched Bush-shrike, Rosy-patched Shrike, Tsavo Bush-shrike (cathemagmenus), Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ehrenberg, 1828)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of].

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (49)...)

Rosy-patched Bushshrike (Telophorus cruentus) [XC140525]
by Peter Boesman from Soda Plain, Ethiopia (alarm call)

Rosy-patched Bushshrike (Telophorus cruentus) [XC856360]
by Peter Boesman from Mto wa Mbu, Monduli, Arusha Region, Tanzania (?)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic studies suggest that genus is more closely allied to Chlorophoneus and Laniarius than to the clade formed by Malaconotus, Dryoscopus and Tchagra, although has been thought to link arboreal Chlorophoneus and semi-terrestrial Tchagra. Present species was previously placed in latter genus by several authorities . Thought to be most closely related to Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus), which it resembles in plumage pattern, tail shape and pattern, behaviour and voice.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

kordofanicus (Sclater, WL & Mackworth-Praed, 1918) - Western Kordofan, in west-central Sudan.
cruentus (Ehrenberg, 1828) - North-eastern Sudan, Eritrea and extreme northern Ethiopia.
hilgerti (Neumann, 1903) - Extreme south-eastern Sudan, central, eastern and southern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and northern and eastern Kenya.
cathemagmenus (Reichenow, 1887) - Southern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) - 10 files

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