Biology:Telophorus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Telophorus
Telophorus dohertyi 1902.jpg
Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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 bird in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.

Extant Species

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
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
Telophorus cruentus Rosy-patched bushshrike western central and ne Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia to n, e Kenya s Kenya and ne Tanzania


References

Wikidata ☰ Q1932281 entry