Telophorus

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Telophorus
Telophorus dohertyi 1902.jpg
Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Telophorus
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Telophorus collaris [1]
Swainson, 1832
Species

About 3, see text

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

Species

The genus contains the following three species: [2]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Telophorus zeylonus.jpg Telophorus zeylonus Bokmakierie southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia,
Bush-Shrike Gorgeous 2015 10 18 0107.jpg 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
Dohertysbushshrike.jpg Telophorus dohertyi Doherty's bushshrike central eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, western Uganda and western and central Kenya


References

  1. "Malacontidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi: 10.2173/avilist.v2025 . Retrieved 16 November 2025.