Olive Bushshrike

SCI Name:  Telophorus olivaceus
Protonym:  Lanius olivaceus Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 7 pt2 p.330
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Telophorus
Taxonomy Code:  olibus1
Type Locality:  Algoa Bay, South Africa; ex Levaillant, Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 634.
Author:  Shaw
Publish Year:  1809
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TELOPHORUS
(Malaconotidae; Ϯ Bokmakierie T. zeylonus) No etymology given. This name may reflect the colorful plumage of the Bokmakierie (Gr. τελος telos  perfect; -φορος
-phoros  bearing  < φορεω phoreō  to carry). Swainson subsequently used Telophonus (Gr. τελος telos  perfect; φωνη phōnē  voice), given in allusion to the unusual duetting song of this bush-shrike; "Genus, TELOPHORUS.  Rostrum sub-elongatum, sed capite brevius; culmine gradatim arcuato; vibrissæ mastacales paucæ, debiles. Pedes validi; tarsi elevati; digiti laterales æquales; ungues graciles, acutissimi. Alæ rotundatæ. Cauda gradata. Colores vividi.  Type.— Telophorus collaris, SWAINS.  La Backbakiri, LE VAILL. Ois. de l'Afr., ii., pl. 67." (Swainson 1832); "Telophorus Swainson, 1831, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., pt. 2, p. 481. Type, by monotypy, Telophorus collaris Swainson = Turdus zeylonus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 333).
Var. Telephorus, Telephonus, Tlephonus, Telophonus.
Synon. Pelicinius.

olivaceum / olivaceus
Mod. L. olivaceus  olive-green, olivaceous  < L. oliva  olive.
● ex “Merle olive des grandes Indes” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 564, fig. 1 (syn. Acritillas indica).
● ex “Oliva” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 75 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Crimson-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Geocolaptes).
● ex “Troupiale olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 2, and “Cayenne Olive Oriole” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Icterus auricapillus).
● ex “White-cheeked Crow” of Latham 1801 (Psophodes).
● ex “Perroquet de l’isle de Luçon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 287, “Perruche aux ailes chamarées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lace-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex "Bruant de S. Domingue" of Brisson 1760 (Tiaris).
● ex “Merle olive du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (Turdus).
● ex “Red-ey’d Fly-catcher” of Catesby 1731, “Muscicapa olivacea” of Edwards 1758, and “Muscicapa jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vireo).
● ex “Grimpereau olive de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Zosterops).
● ex “Merula olivacea indica” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Olive Bushshrike (makawa)
SCI Name: Telophorus olivaceus makawa
makawa / makawai
Jali Makawa (?1914-1995) Nguru (Mozambique) hunter, taxidermist, collector for C. W. Benson in Northern Rhodesia / Zambia, Abyssinia / Ethiopia and Mozambique (subsp. Chlorophoneus olivaceus, ‡Pogoniulus, subsp. Spizocorys conirostris).

Olive Bushshrike (bertrandi)
SCI Name: Telophorus olivaceus bertrandi
bertrandi
Capt. Bertram Lutley Sclater (1866-1897) British Army, engineer and intelligence officer in Nyasaland 1891-1893 (subsp. Chlorophoneus olivaceus, Ploceus).

Olive Bushshrike (vitorum)
SCI Name: Telophorus olivaceus vitorum
vitorum
L. vitis  vine (cf. vitorum  of the basket-makers  < vitor, vitoris  basket-maker; vitium  of the vines; vitare  to evade); "The name chosen is descriptive of this species' proclivity for secreting itself in vine tangles in the forest canopy" (Clancey 1967) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz). Laurent Raty in litt., commented on the inappropriate genitive endings introduced here and elsewhere by Clancey (subsp. Chlorophoneus olivaceus).

Olive Bushshrike (interfluvius)
SCI Name: Telophorus olivaceus interfluvius
interfluvius
L. inter  between; fluvius, fluvii  river  < fluere  to flow.

Olive Bushshrike (olivaceus)
SCI Name: Telophorus olivaceus olivaceus
olivaceum / olivaceus
Mod. L. olivaceus  olive-green, olivaceous  < L. oliva  olive.
● ex “Merle olive des grandes Indes” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 564, fig. 1 (syn. Acritillas indica).
● ex “Oliva” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 75 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Crimson-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Geocolaptes).
● ex “Troupiale olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 2, and “Cayenne Olive Oriole” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Icterus auricapillus).
● ex “White-cheeked Crow” of Latham 1801 (Psophodes).
● ex “Perroquet de l’isle de Luçon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 287, “Perruche aux ailes chamarées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lace-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex "Bruant de S. Domingue" of Brisson 1760 (Tiaris).
● ex “Merle olive du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (Turdus).
● ex “Red-ey’d Fly-catcher” of Catesby 1731, “Muscicapa olivacea” of Edwards 1758, and “Muscicapa jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vireo).
● ex “Grimpereau olive de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Zosterops).
● ex “Merula olivacea indica” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).