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Braun's Bushshrike
Ai 2846
Information
Common Name Orange-breasted Bushshrike
Range Angola
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Malaconotidae
Genus Laniarius
Species Laniarius brauni
Conservation Status
ENSpecies
Endangered

The Braun's bushshrike (Laniarius brauni), is a species of bushshrike in the Malaconotidae family. It is endemic to Angola. An alternative name for this bird is the orange-breasted bushshrike, but the English name is also used for Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German collector R. H. Braun who collected in southern Africa.

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