Telophorus
Genus of birds
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Telophorus is a genus of African birds in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.
| Telophorus | |
|---|---|
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| Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Telophorus Swainson, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Telophorus collaris[1] Swainson, 1832 | |
| Species | |
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About 3, see text | |
Species
The genus contains the following three species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Telophorus zeylonus | Bokmakierie | southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, |
 | 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 |
 | Telophorus dohertyi | Doherty's bushshrike | central eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, western Uganda and western and central Kenya |
