Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Malaconotidae
Genus
Telophorus
eBird Code
bokmak1

Vocalizations

Nick Block · CC_BY_4_0
Simon Tamblyn · CC_BY_4_0
Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0
Adele SL · CC_BY_4_0
Jo Roberts · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (4)

  • 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

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.