Slate-coloured Boubou

The Slate-coloured Boubou is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

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The Slate-coloured Boubou is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Laniarius funebris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. More

Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris = * Home Expand Log in Menu item Register Menu item Log out Menu item Change login details Menu item Why register? Expand UK & Ireland Menu item Birding sites More

Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris catalogue details song, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 10 September 1980, Bushwhackers, 200 km south-east Nairobi, Kenya. Recordings of such species as these, and the resulting voice prints, show that the partners' reaction time is to be measured in a tenth of a second. Just why such a complicated proclamation should have evolved is a mystery. Language of birds contents Next page - 1. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Malaconotidae
Genus : Laniarius
Species : funebris
Authority : (Hartlaub, 1863)