Bocage's Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei) - BirdLife species factsheet

Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Chlorophoneus bocagei (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Telophorus bocagei.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	27 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,300,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	4.31 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as rare to not uncommon (Harris and Franklin 2000). This population is estimated to be in decline following its apparent disappearance from Rwanda and Kenya (Harris and Franklin 2000).

Trend justification: This population is estimated to be in decline following its apparent disappearance from Rwanda and Kenya (Harris and Franklin 2000).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
Angola	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extinct	native		yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Camabatela
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Santchou Faunal Reserve
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Léconi grasslands
Kenya	Kakamega forest
Kenya	North Nandi forest
Kenya	South Nandi forest
Uganda	Bugoma Central Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Mabira Forest Reserve
Uganda	Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bocages-bushshrike-chlorophoneus-bocagei on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.