Grey-headed Bushshrike

Malaconotus blanchoti - Gladiateur de Blanchot

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Malaconotidés
Genus
:
Malaconotus
Species
:
blanchoti

Descriptor

Stephens, 1826

Biometrics

Size
: 26 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 65 à 99 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grey-headed Bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

Malaconotus blanchoti blanchoti (Senegal and Gambia to n Cameroon)
Malaconotus blanchoti approximans (e Ethiopia and Somalia to n Tanzania)
Malaconotus blanchoti catharoxanthus (n Cameroon to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya)
Malaconotus blanchoti hypopyrrhus (Tanzania to South Africa)
Malaconotus blanchoti interpositus (Angola, se DRCongo and w Zambia)
Malaconotus blanchoti citrinipectus (sw Angola and n Namibia)
Malaconotus blanchoti extremus (e South Africa)

Foreign names

Gladiateur de Blanchot,
Gladiador cabecigrís,
picanço-de-cabeça-cinzenta,
Graukopfwürger,
szürkefejű bozótgébics,
Spookklauwier,
Averla di macchia testagrigia,
gråhuvad busktörnskata,
Gråhodebuskvarsler,
mäsiarik sivohlavý,
ťuhýkovec šedohlavý,
Gråhovedet Skovtornskade,
harmaapäälepinkäinen,
Spookvoël,
gladiador capgrís,
dzierzbik szarogłowy,
Сероголовый кустарниковый сорокопут,
オオヤブモズ,
灰头丛鵙,
gråhuvad busktörnskata,
灰頭叢伯勞,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Urban Areas