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title: "Bokmakierie"
description: "Telophorus zeylonus — Uccelli. The bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) is a bushshrike."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bokmakierie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bokmakierie

> Telophorus zeylonus — Uccelli. The bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) is a bushshrike.

- Scientific name: *Telophorus zeylonus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 3074
- Wikidata: [Q891225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q891225)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8188](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8188)

## Names

- en: Bokmakierie
- de: Bokmakiri
- es: Bubú silbón
- fr: Gonolek bacbakiri
- nl: Bokmakierieklauwier
- pt: Boquemaquire
- pl: Dzierzbik żółtogardły

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2777), NA (147), LS (10), SZ (3)

## Summary

The bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) is a bushshrike. This family of passerine birds is closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, and was once included in that group. This species is endemic to southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with an isolated population in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique.

It is a species of open habitats, including karoo scrub, fynbos and parks and gardens in urban areas. The bulky cup nest is constructed in a hedge, scrub or tree fork. The 2–6, usually three, red-brown or lilac-blotched greenish-blue eggs are incubated by both sexes…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokmakierie

## Photo

![Bokmakierie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bokmakierie/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66866392

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bokmakierie?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).