Telophorus

Telophorus
Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 zeylonusBokmakieriesouthern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia,
Telophorus viridisGorgeous bushshrikeAngola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and Swaziland
Telophorus dohertyiDoherty's bushshrikecentral 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.