Brubru bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsNorthern Brubru, Angola Brubru Shrike, Black-browed Brubru, Brubru Shrike, Angola Brubru, Southern Brubru Shrike, Northern Brubru Shrike, Black-browed Brubru Shrike
Old latin name for birdNilaus minor, Lanius afer
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyBushshrikes / Malaconotidae
GenusNilaus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionwidespread

Brubru bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 4.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 5.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 6.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
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    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 9.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 10.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see Brubru

Brubru subspecies (10)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Nilaus afer aferSenegal and Gambia to Ethiopia-No
Nilaus afer affinisn Angola and s DR Congo-No
Nilaus afer brubrus Angola to n South Africa and w Swaziland-No
Nilaus afer camerunensisCameroon to ne DR Congo-No
Nilaus afer hilgertie Ethiopia-No
Nilaus afer massaicuse DR Congo to sw Kenya and n Tanzania-No
Nilaus afer minorse Sudan to Somalia, n, e Kenya and ne Tanzania-No
Nilaus afer miombensisse Mozambique-No
Nilaus afer nigritemporalise Angola to Tanzania, s to c Zambia and c Mozambique-No
Nilaus afer solivagusc Zimbabwe, sw Mozambique, e Swaziland and e and ne South Africa-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansBontroklaksman
BulgarianБрубру
Catalanbrubrú
Chinese非洲鵙, 非洲伯劳
Chinese (Traditional)非洲伯勞
Croatianšarenokrila čagra
CzechTuhýk africký, ťuhýkovec africký
DanishBrubru, Nilaus
DutchBroebroe
EsperantoNilaŭso
Estonianväike-pagulind
Finnishkääpiölepinkäinen
FrenchBrubru, Brubru africain, Pie-grièche bru-bru, Pie-grièche brubru
GalicianBrubrú
GermanBrubru Würger, Brubru, Brubruwürger
HungarianBrubru-gébics
IrishBrúbrú Afracach
ItalianBrubru, Averla Brubru
Japaneseヒメヤブモズ
Lithuanianbrubras
NorwegianBrubru, brubru
Norwegian NynorskBrubru
Polishdzierzbowik, dzierzbowik (zwyczajny)
Portuguesebrubru
RussianБрубру, Сорокопут-брубру
SerbianBrubru svračak
Slovakmäsiarik strakatý
SpanishBrubrú, Alcaudón Brubru
SwahiliKicheba Mbavu-nyekundu
Swedishbrubru
TurkishBrubru
Ukrainianбрубру
WelshCigydd brwbrw