Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)

Gabela Bush-shrike (Laniarius amboimensis) - HBW 14, p. 102

French: Gonolek de l'Angola German: Amboimwürger Spanish: Bubú Angoleño
Other common names: Amboim Bush-shrike

Taxonomy: Laniarius lühderi amboimensis Moltoni, 1932, Amboim, Angola.
Forms a superspecies with L. amboimensis and L. brauni, and all formerly regarded as conspecific. Recent molecular-genetic work indicates that this superspecies is sister to the superspecies formed by L. aethiopicus and L. turatii. Monotypic.

Distribution: Small area around Gabela (in escarpment zone of W Cuanza Sul), in W Angola.

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