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

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.
Dowsett, R. J.; Forbes-Watson, A. D. 1993. Checklist of birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Tauraco Press, Li
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
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

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,430,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be uncommon to frequent and locally common (Fry and Keith 2004).

Trend justification: This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (Harris and Franklin 2000).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Eswatini	extant	native
Malawi	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	native
South Africa	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Eswatini	Malolotja Nature Reserve
Malawi	Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve
Mozambique	Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique)
South Africa	Amatola - Katberg Mountain
South Africa	Blyde River Canyon
South Africa	Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve
South Africa	Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve
South Africa	Entumeni Nature Reserve
South Africa	Grasslands
South Africa	Kaapsehoop
South Africa	Karkloof
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal Mistbelt Forests
South Africa	Maloti Drakensberg Park
South Africa	Mkhambathi Nature Reserve
South Africa	Ngoye Forest Reserve
South Africa	Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve
South Africa	Songimvelo Nature Reserve
South Africa	Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
South Africa	Woody Cape Section: Addo Elephant National Park
Zimbabwe	Banti Forest Reserve
Zimbabwe	Bvumba Highlands
Zimbabwe	Chimanimani Mountains (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe	Chirinda Forest
Zimbabwe	Haroni - Rusitu junction and Botanical Reserves
Zimbabwe	Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley
Zimbabwe	Nyanga mountains
Zimbabwe	Stapleford Forest

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Savanna	Moist	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/olive-bushshrike-chlorophoneus-olivaceus on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.