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Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Chlorophoneus

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus nigrifrons

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blfbus1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Chlorophoneus

Subspecies (3)

Chlorophoneus nigrifrons manningi

southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to northern Zambia and (?) eastern Angola
Chlorophoneus nigrifrons nigrifrons

mountains of central Kenya to Tanzania and northern Malawi
Chlorophoneus nigrifrons sandgroundi

southeastern Malawi to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa (Limpopo)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blfbus1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.