Doherty's bushshrike
| Doherty's bushshrike | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Telophorus |
| Species: | T. dohertyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Telophorus dohertyi (Rothschild, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Malaconotus dohertyi | |
specimen at Nairobi National Museum
The Doherty's bushshrike (Telophorus dohertyi) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the American collector William Doherty.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Telophorus dohertyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 107.
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