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Brubru

Nilaus afer (Latham, J 1801)

The brubru is a species of bushshrike found in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the only member of the genus Nilaus. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Malaconotidae
Genus:
   Nilaus
Scientific:
  Nilaus afer

Original description

Citation:
  (Latham, J 1801)

Reference:
   Suppl. Indicis Orn.

Protonym:
  Lanius afer

Type locality:
  Senegal.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/25/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  967545BC8DF77782

Avibase ID:
  avibase-967545BC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/967545BC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561618

Geographic range:

  • Nilaus afer afer: Senegal to the Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
  • Nilaus afer camerunensis: southern Cameroon and Central African Republic to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Nilaus afer [minor or hilgerti]: southeastern South Sudan, southeastern Ethiopia, central and southern Somalia, northern and eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania
  • Nilaus afer massaicus: southwestern Kenya to northern Tanzania, Rwanda, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Nilaus afer solivagus: local in KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and far southern Mozambique
  • Nilaus afer miombensis: coastal KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique (Sol do Save region)
  • 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 nigritemporalis: eastern Angola, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Brubru
Catalan:
brubrú
Czech:
ťuhýkovec africký
Danish:
Nilaus
German:
Brubruwürger
Spanish:
Brubrú
Spanish (Spain):
Brubrú
Finnish:
kääpiölepinkäinen
French:
Brubru africain
Croatian:
šarenokrila čagra
Hungarian:
Brubru-gébics
Italian:
Brubru
Japanese (romaji):
himeyabumozu
Japanese:
ヒメヤブモズ
Lithuanian:
Brubras
Dutch:
Broebroe
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brubru
Norwegian:
Brubru
Polish:
dzierzbowik (zwyczajny)
Portuguese:
Brubru
Portuguese (Portugal):
brubru
Russian:
Брубру
Slovak:
mäsiarik strakatý
Serbian:
Brubru svračak
Swedish:
brubru
Ukrainian:
Брубру
Chinese:
非洲伯劳
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲伯勞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Brubru africain ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Brubru africain ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Brubru Shrike ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Brubru Shrike ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Brubru Shrike ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Nilaus afer [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Nilaus afer [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nilaus afer [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Brubru ( Nilaus afer) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Nilaus afer [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Nilaus afer [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Bontroklaksman
Bulgarian: Брубру
Catalan: brubrú
Czech: Tuhýk africký, ťuhýkovec africký
Welsh: Cigydd brwbrw
Danish: Brubru, Nilaus
German: Brubru, Brubru Würger, Brubruwürger
English: Angola Brubru, Angola Brubru Shrike, Black-browed Brubru, Black-browed Brubru Shrike, Brubru, Brubru Shrike, Northern Brubru, Northern Brubru Shrike, Southern Brubru Shrike
English, HBW: Brubru
English (IOC): Brubru
English (Kenya): Brubru
English (United States): Brubru
Esperanto: Nilaŭso
Spanish: Alcaudón Brubru, Brubrú
Spanish (Spain): Brubrú
Spanish (HBW): Brubru
Estonian: väike-pagulind
Finnish: Kääpiölepinkäinen
French: Brubru, Brubru africain, Pie-grièche brubru, Pie-grièche bru-bru
Irish: Brúbrú Afracach
Galician: Brubrú
Croatian: šarenokrila čagra
Hungarian: Brubru-gébics
Italian: Averla Brubru, Brubru
Japanese (romaji): himeyabumozu
Japanese: ヒメヤブモズ
Scientific: Lanius Afer, Nilaus afer, Nilaus afer afer, Nilaus afer minor, Nilaus minor
Lithuanian: Brubras
Dutch: Broebroe
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brubru
Norwegian: Brubru
Polish: dzierzbowik, dzierzbowik (zwyczajny)
Portuguese: Brubru
Portuguese (Portugal): brubru, Picanço-pintadinho
Russian: Брубру, Сорокопут-брубру
Slovak: mäsiarik strakatý
Serbian: Brubru svračak
Swedish: Brubru
Swahili: Kicheba Mbavu-nyekundu
Turkish: Brubru
Ukrainian: Брубру
Chinese: 非洲伯劳, 非洲鵙
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲伯勞

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