Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni), recorded as Endangered
Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Braun's Bushshrike

Laniarius brauni

Braun's Bushshrike is a perching bird in the family Malaconotidae (order Passeriformes) — Laniarius brauni, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Laniarius brauni
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Malaconotidae · Laniarius

Range and habitat

An alternative name for this bird is the orange-breasted bushshrike, but the English name is also used for Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Braun's Bushshrike is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Braun's Bushshrike, Wikidata item Q1311215. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Braun's Bushshrike?
Braun's Bushshrike is a perching bird in the family Malaconotidae (order Passeriformes) — Laniarius brauni.
What is the conservation status of Braun's Bushshrike?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Laniarius brauni. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Braun's Bushshrike live?
An alternative name for this bird is the orange-breasted bushshrike, but the English name is also used for Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus.
Why is Braun's Bushshrike in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Laniarius brauni?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Braun's Bushshrike a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.