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Rosy-patched bushshrike
Male in Tarangire, Tanzania
Song recorded in Kiboko, Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern  ( IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Malaconotidae
Genus:	Rhodophoneus Heuglin, 1871
Species:	R. cruentus
Binomial name
Rhodophoneus cruentus ( Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)
Synonyms
Telophorus cruentus

The rosy-patched bushshrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is monotypic within the genus Rhodophoneus.^{[ citation needed]} It is found in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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  Rosy-patched shrike (female) specimen
  Nairobi National Museum
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  Rosy-patched shrike from Tsavo National Park, Kenya, August 2016

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