Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Shaw, 1809) is a animal in the Malaconotidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Shaw, 1809)

Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Shaw, 1809)

Chlorophoneus olivaceus, the olive bushshrike, is a Malaconotidae bird found in southern African forests and shrublands that forages for insects in canopies.

Family
Genus
Chlorophoneus
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Shaw, 1809)

The olive bushshrike, with the scientific name Chlorophoneus olivaceus, is a bird species that belongs to the Malaconotidae family. This species occurs naturally in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. Its native natural habitats include subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It feeds by foraging for insects within the forest canopy.

Photo: (c) Paul Barnard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Malaconotidae Chlorophoneus

More from Malaconotidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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