Braun's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius brauni)

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bannerman, 1939

Habitat
Undergrowth of secondary and gallery forest, canopy of degraded forest. From 800 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola (B) (NB).

North-western Angola (southern U��ge and north-western Cuanza Norte).

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

Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status LC
Habitat destruction, through increases in slash-and-burn cultivation and removal of timber trees, could be a major threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Throaty calls of 'waaark' and 'whook', very similar to that of Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi).

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni) [XC418724]
by Pritam Baruah from Camabatela, Ambaca, Kwanza-Norte, Angola (call)

Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni) [XC829797]
by id from Quitende (near Dombe-ia-Gola), Quitexe, U\u00edge, Angola (call, song)

Subspecies
No 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 Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi) 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).

Similar Species
Very similar to Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi) and Gabela Bush-Shrike (Laniarius amboimensis) except for bright orange underparts.

References
See References.

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