Olive Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus olivaceus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Malaconotidae
Genus
Chlorophoneus
eBird Code
olibus1

Vocalizations

agujaceratops · CC0_1_0
agujaceratops · CC0_1_0
Vincent Egan · CC_BY_4_0
Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0
Grant Forbes · CC_BY_4_0
Vincent Egan · CC_BY_4_0
Vincent Egan · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (5)

  • Chlorophoneus olivaceus bertrandi

    southern Malawi (east of Shire Valley)

  • Chlorophoneus olivaceus interfluvius

    Mozambique (except littoral)

  • Chlorophoneus olivaceus makawa

    central and southern Malawi (west of the Shire Valley), eastern Zimbabwe, and far northeastern South Africa (northern Limpopo)

  • Chlorophoneus olivaceus olivaceus

    southern and eastern South Africa (southern Western Cape to northeastern Limpopo) and far southern Mozambique

  • Chlorophoneus olivaceus vitorum

    coastal Mozambique (Save River to Algoa Bay)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.