Gorgeous Bushshrike (Telophorus viridis) | Details

Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Telophorus viridis and T. quadricolor (Sibley & Monroe [1990, 1993]) have been lumped into T. viridis following del Hoyo and Collar (2016).

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	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	37 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,060,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.91 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to frequent (Fry and Keith 2004). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Angola	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Eswatini	Hlane and Mlawula Game Reserves
Kenya	Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Kenya	Boni and Dodori National Reserves
Kenya	Lower Tana River Forests
Kenya	Tana River Delta
Mozambique	Changelane river gorge
Mozambique	Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique)
Mozambique	Maputo Special Reserve
Mozambique	Pomene
Somalia	Laag Badaana
South Africa	Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
South Africa	iSimangaliso Wetland Park
South Africa	Ithala Game Reserve
South Africa	Kruger National Park and adjacent areas
South Africa	Ndumo Game Reserve
South Africa	Umlalazi Nature Reserve
Tanzania	Bagamoyo District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	Handeni District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Kilwa District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Kisarawe District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Lindi District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Muheza District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pande Game Reserve and Dondwe Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Pangani District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Rufiji District Coastal Forests
Tanzania	Selous Game Reserve
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Zimbabwe	Chimanimani Mountains (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe	Haroni - Rusitu junction and Botanical Reserves
Zimbabwe	Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley
Zimbabwe	Save - Runde junction

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/gorgeous-bushshrike-telophorus-viridis on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.