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Nilaus afer · Family Malaconotidae
Nilaus afer
Family Malaconotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 100,781
- Countries and territories with records
- 46
About this species
This species has 100,781 occurrence records from 46 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (59.8%), Kenya (9.1%), Namibia (7.3%), Tanzania (4.8%) and Zimbabwe (3.4%); together they account for 84.4% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.15% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Nilaus afer combines the genus name Nilaus with the species epithet afer. It is the only species of the genus Nilaus in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 50 species of the family Malaconotidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Laniarius ferrugineus. Its record count is 3.1 times the family average (32,707). The family Malaconotidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.