Brubru / Nilaus afer LC
- Synonyms Brubru Shrike, Northern Brubru, Southern Brubru Shrike, Angola Brubru, Black-browed Brubru, Black-browed Brubru Shrike, Northern Brubru Shrike, Angola Brubru Shrike
- Old latin name for bird Lanius afer, Nilaus minor
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Where to see Brubru
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Brubru subspecies (10)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nilaus afer afer | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia | - | No |
| Nilaus afer affinis | n Angola and s DR Congo | - | No |
| Nilaus afer brubru | s Angola to n South Africa and w Swaziland | - | No |
| Nilaus afer camerunensis | Cameroon to ne DR Congo | - | No |
| Nilaus afer hilgerti | e Ethiopia | - | No |
| Nilaus afer massaicus | e DR Congo to sw Kenya and n Tanzania | - | No |
| Nilaus afer minor | se Sudan to Somalia, n, e Kenya and ne Tanzania | - | No |
| Nilaus afer miombensis | se Mozambique | - | No |
| Nilaus afer nigritemporalis | e Angola to Tanzania, s to c Zambia and c Mozambique | - | No |
| Nilaus afer solivagus | c Zimbabwe, sw Mozambique, e Swaziland and e and ne South Africa | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bontroklaksman |
| Bulgarian | Брубру |
| Catalan | brubrú |
| Chinese | 非洲鵙, 非洲伯劳 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 非洲伯勞 |
| Croatian | šarenokrila čagra |
| Czech | Tuhýk africký, ťuhýkovec africký |
| Danish | Nilaus, Brubru |
| Dutch | Broebroe |
| Esperanto | Nilaŭso |
| Estonian | väike-pagulind |
| Finnish | kääpiölepinkäinen |
| French | Brubru africain, Pie-grièche bru-bru, Brubru, Pie-grièche brubru |
| Galician | Brubrú |
| German | Brubru, Brubru Würger, Brubruwürger |
| Hungarian | Brubru-gébics |
| Irish | Brúbrú Afracach |
| Italian | Averla Brubru, Brubru |
| Japanese | ヒメヤブモズ |
| Lithuanian | brubras |
| Norwegian | brubru |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Brubru |
| Polish | dzierzbowik, dzierzbowik (zwyczajny) |
| Portuguese | brubru |
| Russian | Сорокопут-брубру, Брубру |
| Serbian | Brubru svračak |
| Slovak | mäsiarik strakatý |
| Spanish | Brubrú, Alcaudón Brubru |
| Swahili | Kicheba Mbavu-nyekundu |
| Swedish | brubru |
| Turkish | Brubru |
| Ukrainian | брубру |
| Welsh | Cigydd brwbrw |