Bocage's bushshrike

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Bocage's bushshrike
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Chlorophoneus
Species:
C. bocagei
Binomial name
Chlorophoneus bocagei
(Reichenow, 1894)
Synonyms

Telophorus bocagei
Malaconotus bocagei

Bocage's bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei), also known as the grey-green bushshrike, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is scatteredly present throughout central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorophoneus bocagei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22707638A94132789. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707638A94132789.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.