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Doherty's Bushshrike
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Doherty's Bushshrike

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Doherty's Bushshrike

Telophorus dohertyi

Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi) is a colourful but skulking species of bush-shrike of the family Malaconotidae which is found in forest habitats in north-central Africa.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the American collector William Doherty.

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Description

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.

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Range & habitat

It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests and the East African montane forests.

Wikipedia: “Distribution”

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8189.