bird · Passeriformes · Malaconotidae

Olive Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Shaw, 1809) — also called Olive Bush-shrike, OLBU, Olive Shrike. Occurrence records of the Olive Bushshrike are shared on GBIF from around 45 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Lower Guinea-Fowl Trail (716 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMalaconotidae

45reserves with records

5 712records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Olive Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus) — Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	716
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	716
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	713
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	613
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	342
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	326
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	237
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	226
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	224
Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	202
Barberton Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	129
Nyosi Wildlife ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	117
Oribi GorgeProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	108
Elsewhere Game ReservePrivate game reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	93
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	67
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	67
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	63
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	62
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	57
King William's Town Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	49
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	47
Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	47
Platbos Forest ReserveForest reserve	WC Western Cape	46
Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve	WC Western Cape	40
Garden Route Safari CampPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	40
Lekgalameetse Provincial ParkWildlife sanctuary	LP Limpopo	40
Plettenberg Bay Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	38
Steiltes nature reserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	37
Wellington ParkNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	34
Boosmansbos Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	32
Lourie Dam Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	23
Ratombo Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	22
George Wildlife ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	22
Huisklip Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	19
Amakhala Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	18
Temba Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	13
Island Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	12
Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	11
Wild Rescue Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	11
Vryheid Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	9
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
Enseleni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
Plaatbos Nature ReserveForest reserve	EC Eastern Cape	4
Waters Meeting Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2
Bellevue Forest ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2

By province

Eastern Cape: 21 reserves
Western Cape: 12 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 7 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves
Mpumalanga: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Scientific name: Chlorophoneus olivaceus
GBIF taxon: 6100950
Wikidata: Q27075293

More of the Malaconotidae family

Southern Boubou Black-backed Puffback Bokmakierie Brown-crowned Tchagra Black-crowned Tchagra Orange-breasted Bushshrike Grey-headed Bushshrike Brubru Crimson-breasted Shrike Southern Tchagra Gorgeous Bushshrike

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.