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Doherty's Bushshrike

Telophorus dohertyi

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandSmall · 35 g
Doherty's Bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi), photo 1
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A strikingly coloured, medium-sized bush shrike which in the adults is mostly green with a bright red forehead and throat, a broad black breast band and a bright lemon-yellow belly, the tail is black. Young birds are pale green above with finely barred yellow-green underparts.

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When to see the Doherty's Bushshrike

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Doherty's Bushshrike

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Rwanda Kenya Congo - Kinshasa Burundi

About the Doherty's Bushshrike

Doherty's bushshrike is a colourful but skulking species of bush-shrike of the family Malaconotidae which is found in forest habitats in north-central Africa.

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Easily confused with

Gorgeous Bushshrike (Telophorus viridis) Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridisThe gorgeous bushshrike is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonusThe bokmakierie is a bushshrike.

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