Shrikes (Laniidae)
Souza's Shrike (Lanius souzae) - HBW 13, p. 779
French:
Pie-grièche de Souza
German: Rostmantelwürger
Spanish: Alcaudón
de Souza
Taxonomy: Lanius souzae
Bocage, 1878, Caconda, Angola.
May
form a superspecies with L. gubernator. Three subspecies
recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- souzae Bocage, 1878 - S PRCongo, SW DRCongo and Angola (excluding W & S).
- burigi Chapin, 1950 - Rwanda, Burundi and W Tanzania.
- tacitus Clancey, 1970 - SE Angola (Cuando Cubango) E to SE DRCongo (Katanga), Zambia, Malawi, W Mozambique, extreme N Zimbabwe and NE Namibia, probably also in N Namibia (Okavango) and N Botswana (R Chobe).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
- No videos available yet
-
Male in tree
Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 3 October 2010 2 years ago 2.8 -
A Souza's Shrike perched on a branch.
Locality Shamvura Camp, Kavango Region, Namibia
James Slade 27 May 2011 1 year ago 2.8
- No sound recordings available yet
Email this page