It is a reclusive and enigmatic bird, and it is not quite resolved whether it should better be considered a distinct species or a well-marked subspecies of Lühder's Bushshrike.
Many-colored Bushshrike | Doherty's Bushshrike | Red-naped Bushshrike | Perrin's Bushshrike | Mount Kupe Bushshrike | Lühder's Bushshrike | bushshrike | Braun's Bushshrike | Black-fronted Bushshrike |
Another species, Braun's Bushshrike, is sometimes called Orange-breasted Bushshrike, as well.
Many of the birds he collected for Lord Rothschild were named after him, including Doherty's Bushshrike Malaconotus dohertyi, Red-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dohertyi, Sumba Cicadabird Coracina dohertyi and Crested White-eye Lophozosterops dohertyi.