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Alternative name: Bocage's Bushshrike^[2]

Photo by Steve G
Kakamega Forest, Kenya, July, 2011

Photo by megan perkins
Kakamega, Kenya, December 2006

Chlorophoneus bocagei

Telophorus bocagei^[1]

Identification

Length 16 cm.

Adult: Upperparts grey with a distinct white eyebrow. Underparts white with a buffy wash on the breast.

Juvenile: Upperparts olive-grey, with feathers tipped olive-buff; underparts have feint grey bars.

Distribution

Tropical Africa from Cameroon east to Uganda and western Kenya.

Taxonomy

Telophorus bocagei has two subspecies:^[1]

• T. b. bocagei

• Southern Cameroon to northern Angola

• T. b. jacksoni

• Central DRC to Uganda and western Kenya

Habitat

Lowland to mid-altitude forest, forest edge, forest clearings and secondary scrub on previously cultivated land.

Behaviour

Ususally found moving slowly through the canopy while gleaning; often joins multispecies feeding flocks.

Vocalisation

A rapid chwee ee eee eee and a slow, repeated whee-eeuu.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

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