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SunbirdsFamily NectariniidaeSmall birds with fine bills typically adapted to feeding on the nectar of flowers, or on smallinsects. The plumage of most species is beautifully iridescent in the males. They occupy allwooded and forested habitats.Collared Sunbird Anthreptes collarisViolet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemareiUluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectusAmethyst Sunbird Nectarinia amethystinaLittle Purple-banded Sunbird Nectarinia bifasciataMariqua Sunbird Nectarinia mariquensisOlive Sunbird Nectarinia olivaceaScarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensisShelley's Double-collared Sunbird Nectarinia shelleyiVariable Sunbird Nectarinia venustaWhite-eyesFamily ZosteropidaeSmall gregarious birds of woodlands, with distinctive white eyerings. Their brush-liketongues allow them to drink nectar from flowers but they also eat insects and fruits. Theirtaxonomy is still under discussion.Yellow Whiteye Zosterops senegalensisOriolidaeFamily OriolidaeBirds of woodland and forest where they inhabit the canopy. Curiously, their striking plumagehelps to camouflage them from view and it is often only their conspicuous calls that indicatetheir presence.African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratusGreen-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalusBlack-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatusGolden Oriole Oriolus oriolusShrikesFamily LaniidaeLarge-headed predatory birds of open habitats, with short hooked bills somewhat like those ofhawks. Several species are Palaearctic migrants.
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisiCommon Fiscal Lanius collarisRed-backed Shrike Lanius collurioRed-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinusLesser Grey Shrike Lanius minorMagpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucusBush-shrikesFamily MalaconotidaeInsectivorous and predatory birds occupying dense vegetation, often in woodland or forest.Plumage and calls are often striking. Furtive habits in dense vegetation make some speciesdifficult to observe. The family is endemic to Africa.Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cublaTropical Boubou Laniarius ferrugineusGrey-headed Bush Shrike Malaconotus blanchotiBlack-fronted Bush Shrike Malaconotus multicolorFour-coloured Bush Shrike Malaconotus quadricolorSulphur-breasted Bush Shrike Malaconotus sulphureopectusBrubru Nilaus aferBrown-headed Tchagra Tchagra australisMarsh Tchagra Tchagra minutaBlack-headed Tchagra Tchagra senegalaHelmet-shrikesFamily PrionopidaeGregarious forest and woodland birds living in tight-knit noisy and active groups. The headtypically bears a bunch of fine plumes.Helmet Shrike Prionops plumataRetz's Helmet Shrike Prionops retziiChestnut-fronted Helmet Shrike Prionops scopifrons
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