Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Nilaus

Brubru

Nilaus afer

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Nilaus afer afer

Senegal to the Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
Nilaus afer affinis

central highlands of western Angola and adjacent southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nilaus afer brubru

southern Angola to northern Cape Province
Nilaus afer camerunensis

southern Cameroon and Central African Republic to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nilaus afer hilgerti

eastern Ethiopia
Nilaus afer massaicus

southwestern Kenya to northern Tanzania, Rwanda, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nilaus afer minor

southeastern Sudan to Somalia, northern and eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania
Nilaus afer miombensis

coastal KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique (Sol do Save region)
Nilaus afer nigritemporalis

eastern Angola, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique
Nilaus afer solivagus

local in KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and far southern Mozambique

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.