Olive bushshrike

The olive bushshrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Olive bushshrike
Queen Elizabeth Park, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Chlorophoneus
Species:
C. olivaceus
Binomial name
Chlorophoneus olivaceus
(Shaw, 1809)
Synonyms

Telophorus olivaceus
Malaconotus olivaceus

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Chlorophoneus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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