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Olive bushshrike
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The olive bushshrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It forages for insects in the forest canopy.[2]
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Olive bushshrike | |
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Queen Elizabeth Park, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Malaconotidae |
Genus: | Chlorophoneus |
Species: | C. olivaceus |
Binomial name | |
Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Shaw, 1809) | |
Synonyms | |
Telophorus olivaceus |
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