Bushshrikes

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

The Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) is a 65 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Bushshrikes

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

65 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, eSwatini.

Where to see it: Black Mountains · West (Lesotho); Malolotja Nature Reserve (Eswatini); Lesotho - Maphutseng Valley (Lesotho); Rietvlei NR (South Africa); Black Mountains · East (Lesotho).

Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist