Telophorus
| Telophorus | |
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| Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi) | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| Species | |
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About 3, see text | |
Telophorus is a genus of birds in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.
Extant species
[edit]It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Telophorus zeylonus | Bokmakierie | southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, |
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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 |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Malacontidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- Lack, Peter (2007) ABC African Checklist Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded 18/09/07.
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