Rosy-patched bushshrike
| Rosy-patched bushshrike | |
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| Male in Tarangire, Tanzania | |
| Song recorded in Kiboko, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Rhodophoneus Heuglin, 1871 |
| Species: | R. cruentus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhodophoneus cruentus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
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| Synonyms | |
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Telophorus cruentus | |
female specimen
Nairobi National Museum
Rosy-patched shrike from Tsavo National Park, Kenya, August 2016
The rosy-patched bushshrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is monotypic within the genus Rhodophoneus.[citation needed] It is found in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References[]
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- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Rhodophoneus cruentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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