Many-coloured Bushshrike
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| Telophorus multicolor (Gray, 1845) |
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Chlorophoneus multicolor |
The Many-coloured Bushshrike (Telophorus multicolor) is a species of bird in the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.
It is found in western and central Africa where it occurs in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda. The Black-fronted Bushshrike (T. nigrifrons) of southern and eastern Africa is sometimes included in this species.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Malaconotus multicolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Sinclair, Ian & Ryan, Peter (2003) Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Struik, Cape Town.
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