Species profile
Gorgeous Bushshrike
Telophorus viridis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are w Africa to se Kenya, e Tanzania s to South Africa and Swaziland.
- Scientific name
- Telophorus viridis
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Telophorus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Gorgeous Bushshrike in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Malaconotidae
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
- Bocage's Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
- Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni)
- Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)