bokmakierie

Bob and I decided we would go out around 6 and look for a Bokmakierie in the town gardens.

Unlike the true shrikes, which perch conspicuously in the open, the bokmakierie is shy and skulking.

The bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) is a bushshrike.

The adult bokmakierie is a 22-23 cm long bird with olive-green upperparts and a conspicuous bright yellow tip to the black tail.

Telophorus zeylonus (bokmakierie)

The bokmakierie has a range of loud whistles and calls, often given in duet, but the most typical is the one that gives this species its name, bok-bok-mak-kik.

Doherty's bushshrike, Telophorus dohertyi All but the bokmakierie are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Chlorophoneus.

Enus' achievements include the CNN World Report award for best international report and the Bokmakierie Award for current affairs.

Shasa woke with the grey of dawn lining the curtains over his bed, and a pair of bokmakierie shrikes singing one of their complicated duets from the scrub of the dunes.