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Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)

Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor) - HBW 14, p. 107

French: Gonolek à ventre blanc German: Sumpfwürger Spanish: Bubú Bicolor
Other common names: Gabon/Gaboon Boubou, Ngami Bush-shrike/Boubou

Taxonomy: Dryoscopus bicolor Hartlaub, 1857, Gabon.
Recent molecular-genetic analyses indicate that this species is closest to L. ferrugineus and L. sublacteus, the three composing a sister lineage to L. aethiopicus and L. turatii. Has in the past been treated as a race of L. ferrugineus, and sometimes considered to form a superspecies with latter and L. aethiopicus; but overlaps in range with L. aethiopicus around Chobe-Zambezi confuence, where the two occupy different habitats, and differs from L. ferrugineus in morphology (larger size but lighter weight, less robust bill) and in voice .. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Dryoscopus bicolor Hartlaub, 1857, Gabon.
Recent molecular-genetic analyses indicate that this species is closest to L. ferrugineus and L. sublacteus, the three composing a sister lineage to L. aethiopicus and L. turatii. Has in the past been treated as a race of L. ferrugineus, and sometimes considered to form a superspecies with latter and L. aethiopicus; but overlaps in range with L. aethiopicus around Chobe-Zambezi confuence, where the two occupy different habitats, and differs from L. ferrugineus in morphology (larger size but lighter weight, less robust bill) and in voice and habitat. Races intergrade. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • bicolor ( Hartlaub, 1857) - W Cameroon S to Gabon and extreme NW Angola (coastal Cabinda).
  • guttatus ( Hartlaub, 1865) - PRCongo S to W Angola (S to near Lubango).
  • sticturus Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870 - interior of S Angola E W Zambia, NE Namibia and N Botswana.

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