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Telophorus
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Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Malaconotidae
Genus Telophorus

Telophorus is a genus of bushshrikes in the Malaconotidae family. All but the bokmakierie are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Chlorophoneus. Other authors include all nine in Malaconotus.

Species[]

It contains the following species:

Bocage's Bushshrike (Reichenow, 1894) (Telophorus bocagei)
Doherty's Bushshrike (Rothschild, 1901) (Telophorus dohertyi)
Mount Kupe Bushshrike (Serle, 1951) (Telophorus kupeensis)
Many-colored Bushshrike (Gray, 1845) (Telophorus multicolor)
Black-fronted Bushshrike (Reichenow, 1896) (Telophorus nigrifrons)
Olive Bushshrike (Shaw, 1809) (Telophorus olivaceus)
Orange-breasted Bushshrike (Lesson, 1831) (Telophorus sulfureopectus)
Four-coloured Bushshrike (Cassin, 1851) (Telophorus viridis)
 Gorgeous Bushshrike (Vieillot, 1817) (Telophorus viridis viridis)
Bokmakierie (Linnaeus, 1766) (Telophorus zeylonus)