Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Telophorus

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Telophorus zeylonus phanus

southern Angola and northwestern Namibia
Telophorus zeylonus restrictus

Chimanimani Mountains (eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique)
Telophorus zeylonus thermophilus

Namibia, southern Botswana, and western and northern South Africa (east to western Free State and Limpopo)
Telophorus zeylonus zeylonus

eastern and southern South Africa (southeastern Western Cape to central and eastern Free State and KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho, and Eswatini

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.