Male (Bottom) and Female Gladiateur bacbakiri or 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 Mozambiquefrom the Book Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique [Natural History of birds of Africa] Volume 2, by Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824; Publish in Paris by Chez Fuchs, libraire 1799

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