Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
Lagden's Bush-shrike (Malaconotus lagdeni) - HBW 14, p. 88
French: Gladiateur de Lagden
German: Lagdenwürger
Spanish: Gladiador de Lagden
Taxonomy: Laniarius lagdeni Sharpe, 1884, "Ashantee" (Kumasi), south Ghana.
Forms a superspecies with M. blanchoti and M. monteiri, with M. cruentus sometimes included in same group; voice suggests that it is closest to M. cruentus, with which it overlaps in range. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lagdeni ( Sharpe, 1884) - SE Sierra Leone E to Ghana, possibly to Togo.
- centralis Neumann, 1920 - E DRCongo, W Uganda and W Rwanda.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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pair in canopy interacting Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp centralis)
Martin Kennewell 2 June 2004 42 weeks ago 19 sec 3.8 -
An immature foraging in a tree Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp centralis)
Josep del Hoyo 10 September 2006 4 years ago 27 sec 3.2
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Adult perched
Locality Bobiri Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana (ssp lagdeni)
Nik Borrow 29 April 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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