Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) - HBW 14, p. 105
French: Gonolek d'Abyssinie
German: Boubouwürger
Spanish: Bubú Abisinio
Other common names: Tropical Bush-shrike, Ethiopian Boubou/Bush-shrike/Bellshrike, Bell Shrike, Boubou Shrike
Taxonomy: Turdus aethiopicus J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with L. turatii and closely allied also with L. ferrugineus, L. sublacteus and L. bicolor, the five previously treated as a superspecies and sometimes even as a single species. Until recently, L. erlangeri and L. sublacteus were included as races of present species. Where present species and L. ferrugineus meet, in R Limpopo valley (in N South Africa and Mozambique), their races are very similar and may hybridize and intergrade; but along R Runde, in Zimbabwe, race limpopoensis of present species overlaps with.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Turdus aethiopicus J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with L. turatii and closely allied also with L. ferrugineus, L. sublacteus and L. bicolor, the five previously treated as a superspecies and sometimes even as a single species. Until recently, L. erlangeri and L. sublacteus were included as races of present species. Where present species and L. ferrugineus meet, in R Limpopo valley (in N South Africa and Mozambique), their races are very similar and may hybridize and intergrade; but along R Runde, in Zimbabwe, race limpopoensis of present species overlaps with smaller race savensis of L. ferrugineus without interbreeding. Population on plateau of WC Angola, having especially white underparts, may represent an undescribed taxon. Race major intergrades with mossambicus in N Zambia and extreme N Malawi. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Forms a superspecies with L. turatii and closely allied also with L. ferrugineus, L. sublacteus and L. bicolor, the five previously treated as a superspecies and sometimes even as a single species. Until recently, L. erlangeri and L. sublacteus were included as races of present species. Where present species and L. ferrugineus meet, in R Limpopo valley (in N South Africa and Mozambique), their races are very similar and may hybridize and intergrade; but along R Runde, in Zimbabwe, race limpopoensis of present species overlaps with smaller race savensis of L. ferrugineus without interbreeding. Population on plateau of WC Angola, having especially white underparts, may represent an undescribed taxon. Race major intergrades with mossambicus in N Zambia and extreme N Malawi. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- major ( Hartlaub, 1848) - W Senegal (Casamance), N, SW & SE Guinea, NE Sierra Leone, NW Liberia, S Mali (Baoulé-Sud, Farako), C Ivory Coast, NE, C & S Ghana, Togo, Benin (S from Bétérou), C & S Nigeria, C & E Cameroon, S Chad and SW & C Central African Republic E to S Sudan, Uganda, Kenya (E to Rift Valley), Tanzania (E in N to Loliondo and Essimingor, in S to Njombe and Mahenge), N, E & SE DRCongo and R Congo (from Lukolela S to Kinshasa), C & E Angola, NW & N Zambia and extreme N Malawi.
- aethiopicus ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - E borders of Sudan, and Eritrea, Ethiopia, NW Somalia and N Kenya (Moyale area).
- ambiguus Madarász, 1904 - highlands E of Rift Valley in Kenya (S from Mt Kulal and Mt Marsabit) and NE Tanzania (S to Mt Meru and Mt Kilimanjaro and Arusha and Moshi).
- major ( Hartlaub, 1848) - W Senegal (Casamance), N, SW & SE Guinea, NE Sierra Leone, NW Liberia, S Mali (Baoulé-Sud, Farako), C Ivory Coast, NE, C & S Ghana, Togo, Benin (S from Bétérou), C & S Nigeria, C & E Cameroon, S Chad and SW & C Central African Republic E to S Sudan, Uganda, Kenya (E to Rift Valley), Tanzania (E in N to Loliondo and Essimingor, in S to Njombe and Mahenge), N, E & SE DRCongo and R Congo (from Lukolela S to Kinshasa), C & E Angola, NW & N Zambia and extreme N Malawi.
- aethiopicus ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - E borders of Sudan, and Eritrea, Ethiopia, NW Somalia and N Kenya (Moyale area).
- ambiguus Madarász, 1904 - highlands E of Rift Valley in Kenya (S from Mt Kulal and Mt Marsabit) and NE Tanzania (S to Mt Meru and Mt Kilimanjaro and Arusha and Moshi).
- mossambicus ( G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1880) - Zambia and Malawi, extreme NE Namibia (Caprivi Strip), N & E Botswana, Zimbabwe (except SE lowveld) and Mozambique.
- limpopoensis Roberts, 1922 - SE Zimbabwe (area bordered by Sabi, Runde and Limpopo rivers) and extreme N South Africa (N Limpopo Province).
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A bird on the ground, feeding on an insect Locality Travelers Rest Hotel, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 4 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
one moving in a tree Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aethiopicus)
Martin Kennewell 4 November 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 4 -
An individual foraging in trees and briefly on the ground Locality Musango Safari Camp, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp mossambicus)
Greg Baker 8 September 1999 14 weeks ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a branch, looking around Locality Travelers Rest Hotel, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 4 years ago 11 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a tree, preening Locality Travelers Rest Hotel, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 3.5 -
A bird on the ground, foraging Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp mossambicus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 1998 5 years ago 31 sec 3.4
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a bird in a bush
Locality Ethiopia (ssp aethiopicus)
Stefan Helming 4 May 2009 3 years ago 3
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Calling in riparian vegetation at Pafuri camp. 9:40am. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp limpopoensis)
Charles Hesse 25 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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