Laniarius is a genus of brightly colored, carnivorous passerine birds commonly known as boubous or gonoleks or bush-shrikes. In general the all black or black and white species are called boubous, the black and red birds are gonoleks, and the black, white and chestnut species are called bush-shrikes.
Red-naped bushshrike, Laniarius ruficeps
Lühder's bushshrike, Laniarius luehderi
Gabela bushshrike or Amboim bushshrike, Laniarius amboimensis
Braun's bushshrike, Laniarius brauni
Turati's boubou, Laniarius turatii
Tropical boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus – paraphyletic
Ethiopian boubou, Laniarius (aethiopicus) aethiopicus
Tropical boubou, Laniarius (aethiopicus) major
East Coast boubou, Laniarius (aethiopicus) sublacteus
Somali boubou, Laniarius erlangeri – includes the "Bulo Burti boubou" ("L. liberatus")
Swamp boubou, Laniarius bicolor
Southern boubou, Laniarius ferrugineus
Yellow-crowned gonolek, Laniarius barbarus
Black-headed gonolek, Laniarius erythrogaster
Crimson-breasted shrike, Laniarius atrococcineus
Papyrus gonolek, Laniarius mufumbiri
Yellow-breasted boubou, Laniarius atroflavus
Slate-colored boubou, Laniarius funebris
Lowland sooty boubou, Laniarius leucorhynchus
Willard’s sooty boubou, Laniarius willardi Voelker & Gnoske, 2010
Mountain sooty boubou, Laniarius poensis
Fuelleborn's boubou, Laniarius fuelleborni