Telophorus

Telophorus
Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus:
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Telophorus collaris[1]
Swainson, 1832
Species

About 3, see text

Telophorus is a genus of birds in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.

Extant species

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Telophorus zeylonus Bokmakierie southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia,
Telophorus viridis Gorgeous bushshrike Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and Swaziland
Telophorus dohertyi Doherty's bushshrike central eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, western Uganda and western and central Kenya
Telophorus cruentus Rosy-patched bushshrike western central and ne Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia to n, e Kenya s Kenya and ne Tanzania


References

  1. ^ "Malacontidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
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