Four-coloured bushshrike
| Four-coloured bushshrike | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Telophorus |
| Species: | T. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Telophorus viridis (Cassin, 1851) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Telophorus quadricolor | |
The four-coloured bushshrike (Telophorus viridis) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is also known as the gorgeous bushshrike, although some use this name for the subspecies Telophorus viridis viridis only.
Taxonomy
Most authorities consider Telophorus viridis to comprise four subspecies: T. v. viridis, T. v. nigricauda, T. v. quartus and T. v. quadricolor. Others split the taxon into two species: T. viridis and T. quadricolor.[2][3]
Distribution
Found in Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Zambia (T. v. viridis), coastal Kenya and Tanzania (T. v. nigricauda), Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe (T. v. quartus) and South Africa and Swaziland (T. v. quadricolor).[4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Telophorus quadricolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ BirdLife International. "Telophorus viridis (Perrin's Bushshrike, Perrin's Bush-shrike)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ BirdLife International. "Telophorus quadricolor (Four-colored Bushshrike, Four-coloured Bush-shrike)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ Fry, H. "Gorgeous Bush-shrike (Telophorus viridis)". www.hbw.com. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
External links
- Gorgeous/Four-coloured bushshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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