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Telophorus zeylonus · Family Malaconotidae
Telophorus zeylonus
Family Malaconotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 196,613
- Countries and territories with records
- 10
About this species
This species has 196,613 occurrence records from 10 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (97.6%) and Namibia (1.5%); together they account for 99% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.48% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Telophorus zeylonus combines the genus name Telophorus with the species epithet zeylonus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Telophorus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Telophorus viridis and Telophorus dohertyi.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 50 species of the family Malaconotidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Laniarius ferrugineus. Its record count is 6 times the family average (32,707). The family Malaconotidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.