It forms a superspecies with the Many-colored Bushshrike (T. multicolor) and the two are sometimes considered to be a single species.
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 |
The lowveld woodlands harbour purple-crested lourie, emerald cuckoo, red-backed mannikin, golden-tailed woodpecker, gorgeous bushshrike, white-faced owl and a number of raptors like white-backed vulture, gymnogene, black-chested snake eagle, Wahlberg's eagle and long-crested Eagle.
Another species, Braun's Bushshrike, is sometimes called Orange-breasted Bushshrike, as well.
This curious bird, which some consider to have close affinities with the batises and others the bushshrikes, was discovered in 1837 by James Edward Alexander in the Naukluft Mountains of Namibia.