Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi)

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1874

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, lowland moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

L\u00fchder's Bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi) [XC75817]
by Martin St-Michel from Cyamudongo Forest, SW Rwanda, Rwanda (call)

L\u00fchder's Bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi) [XC352932]
by Frank Lambert from Agoro Agu Forest Reserve, Lamwo, Northern Region, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi), Braun's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius brauni) and Gabela Bush-Shrike (Laniarius amboimensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include brauni and amboimensis as subspecies of Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi).

Forms a superspecies with Braun's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius brauni) and Gabela Bush-Shrike (Laniarius amboimensis), and all formerly regarded as conspecific. Recent molecular-genetic work indicates that this superspecies is sister to the superspecies formed by Ethiopian Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) and Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii). Subspecies intergrade in Ruwenzori Mts (eastern DRCongo).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

luehderi Reichenow, 1874 - Extreme south-eastern Nigeria (Calabar area) and southern Cameroon south to north-western Angola (Cabinda) and southern PRCongo (lower R Congo); extreme southern Sudan, north-eastern and eastern DRCongo, Rwanda and Burundi south to western and eastern sides of L Tanganyika.
castaneiceps Sharpe, 1891 - Extreme eastern DRCongo (Ruwenzori Mts), southern Uganda and south-western Kenya.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Luhders Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi) - 10 files

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