Olive Bush-shrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus) photo
A bird of the ruddy form in typical leafy habitat. Vocal, but shy and hard to see.
- Recorded 21 September 2008
- Added to IBC 2 years 48 weeks ago
- Dave Kennedy
- Locality Sedgefield, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Rating
Recent material by Dave Kennedy
- 3.4A bird walking...Botswana, Jun 2006
- 3.4African Hawk-e...Botswana, Nov 2008
- 3.2Black-shoulder...South Africa, Sep 2008
- 3A male in bree...South Africa, Sep 2007
- 3.8White-breasted...South Africa, Aug 2005
- 3.2Chorister Robi...South Africa, Apr 2010
Genus sometimes subsumed in Malaconotus or in Telophorus. There is an olive form, with olive back and crown and yellow breast. The ruddy form (illustrated) is the ONLY South African bush-shrike with a white eyebrow stripe.