Gorgeous Bushshrike
Telophorus viridis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Genus
- Telophorus
- eBird Code
- focbus2
Taxonomy Changes
Telophorus quadricolor → Telophorus viridis
Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Robert Taylor · CC_BY_4_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Africa Gomez · CC0_1_0
Tommy Andriollo · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (4)
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Telophorus viridis nigricauda
coastal southeastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania
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Telophorus viridis quadricolor
eastern South Africa (Limpopo to northeastern Eastern Cape) and Eswatini
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Telophorus viridis quartus
southern Malawi to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
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Telophorus viridis viridis
northern Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.