Doherty's Bushshrike
Telophorus dohertyi
Beautiful bird with an olive back, red throat and forehead, yellow belly, and black chest band. There is a rare morph in which the red is replaced with yellow. Found in the undergrowth of montane forest. Skulking bird that is most often located by voice: a perky “chuwit-chuwit-chuwit.” Range does not overlap with the similar Four-colored Bushshrike.
Identification
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.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Telophorus dohertyi
- Authority
- (Rothschild, 1901)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Genus
- Telophorus
Range and habitat
It breeds in central eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, western Uganda and western and central Kenya.
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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