Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris) - HBW 14, p. 100
French: Gonolek ardoisé
German: Trauerwürger
Spanish: Bubú Fúnebre
Taxonomy: Dryoscopus funebris Hartlaub, 1863, Meninga ["Unyamwesi area of Tanganyika Territory"], west-central Tanzania.
Recent molecular research indicates that this species constitutes a more recent branch within the genus than do L. poensis and L. fuelleborni and far more recent one than L. leucorhynchus. Race degener intergrades with nominate in coastal regions, S Kenya and NE Tanzania (E of Mt Kilimanjaro). Proposed race atrocoeruleus (from NE Ethiopia and N Somalia) synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- funebris ( Hartlaub, 1863) - NW Somalia and S through C Ethiopia to SE Sudan, SW & extreme E Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
- degener Hilgert, 1912 - C & S Ethiopia and S Somalia, SE Kenya and NE Tanzania (E of Mt Kilimanjaro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on top of a bush and flying away. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (ssp degener)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
perched on bush looking around, jumps down Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp degener)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
calling in treetop Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp degener)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A bird in a tangle, singing Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (ssp degener)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 6 years ago 29 sec 3.9 -
A bird looking around on a bush Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp degener)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 5 years ago 10 sec 3.3
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A bird eating a moth
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 21 November 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
a bird on the ground
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 25 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
a bird perched on a piece of dead wood
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 27 June 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
Partly hidden in shrubbery.
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp degener)
David Beadle 31 January 2009 17 weeks ago 3 -
Ina an acacia
Locality Bogol Manyo, Genale Valley, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 7 February 2010 2 years ago 2.8 -
Bird in a tree
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 December 2009 2 years ago 2.6
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A bird calling. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
(ssp degener)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 18 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia
(ssp degener)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 20 weeks ago 4
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