bird · Passeriformes · Malaconotidae

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called Bokmakierie Bush-shrike, Bokmakierie Bushshrike, Bokmakierie (Southern). Occurrence records of the Bokmakierie are shared on GBIF from around 200 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Addo Elephant National Park (2 990 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMalaconotidae

200reserves with records

40 388records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) — Photo: Derek Keats from South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	2 990
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	2 914
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 659
Kloofendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 916
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 549
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 526
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 309
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 207
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	1 027
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	851
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	732
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	732
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	720
Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	713
Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	712
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	641
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	625
Bishop Bird ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	548
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	530
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	512
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	511
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	492
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	472
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	464
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	459
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	449
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	441
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	414
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	399
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	354
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	341
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	337
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	330
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	324
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	320
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	312
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	289
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	285
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	285
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	270
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	256
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	251
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	244
Meyersdal KoppieNature reserve	GP Gauteng	228
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	213
Nyosi Wildlife ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	212
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	205
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	204
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	199
Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	198
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	196
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	178
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	175
Vredefort Dome core areaProtected area	NW North West	164
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	161
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	154
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	152
Greyton Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	143
Royal Natal National ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	134
Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	134

and 140 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 94 reserves
Eastern Cape: 32 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 19 reserves
Gauteng: 18 reserves
Free State: 14 reserves
Northern Cape: 11 reserves
Mpumalanga: 7 reserves
North West: 4 reserves
Limpopo: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Scientific name: Telophorus zeylonus
GBIF taxon: 2484853
Wikidata: Q891225

More of the Malaconotidae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.