Black-fronted Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1896)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda (B) (NB), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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 (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A harsh 'tic chrrrrr'. A ringing 'oo-poooo' call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (74)...)

Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons) [XC325822]
by Louis A. Hansen from Lulalo-camp_Nyumbanitu, Tanzania (call)

Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons) [XC591866]
by Derek Solomon from Mariepskop, South Africa (alarm call)

Subspecies
Many-coloured Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor) and Black-fronted Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species within Telophorus contra (Dowsett and Forbes-Watson 1993) who include nigrifrons as a subspecies of multicolor in the genus Malaconotus.

Genus sometimes subsumed in Malaconotus or in Chlorophoneus. Has also been placed also in genus Laniarius. Forms a superspecies with Many-coloured Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor) and possibly conspecific with it. Occurs in five main colour morphs.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

nigrifrons (Reichenow, 1896) - Mountains of eastern Uganda (Mt Elgon), Kenya, Tanzania and northern Malawi.
manningi (Shelley, 1899) - Eastern Angola, south-eastern DRCongo (Katanga) and northern Zambia.
sandgroundi Bangs, 1931 - Southern Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa (Limpopo Province).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-fronted Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons) - 10 files

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