Chlorophoneus is a genus of bird in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.

Extant Species It contains the following species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Chlorophoneus bocagei Bocage's bushshrike Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus Orange-breasted bushshrike Sub-Saharan Africa (relatively absent from most of Central, Southern and the Horn of Africa) Chlorophoneus olivaceus Olive bushshrike Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Chlorophoneus multicolor Many-colored bushshrike West Africa and also in western, northern parts of Central Africa and the eastern Congo Basin. Chlorophoneus nigrifrons Black-fronted bushshrike central Kenya southwards through Tanzania to northern Malawi, southern Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa. Chlorophoneus kupeensis Mount Kupe bushshrike Cameroon

References

Lack, Peter (2007) ABC African Checklist . Downloaded 18/09/07.