Orange-breasted Bushshrike
Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus(Lesson, RP, 1831)
English (US) Orange-breasted Bushshrike
The Orange-breasted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Malaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus sulfureopectus
- Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus similis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Lanius (Tchagra) sulfureopectus
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Type locality
- no locality given ; designated type locality Senegal, Neumann, 1899, Journ. f. Orn., 47, p. 395.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.5 p.373
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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