Gabela Bush-Shrike (Laniarius amboimensis)

Other Names (World)
Gabela Bush-shrike, Amboim Bush-shrike, Gabela Bushshrike

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Moltoni, 1932

Habitat
Undergrowth of evergreen forest, dense roadside thicket. From 900 - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola (B) (NB).

Small area around Gabela (in escarpment zone of western Cuanza Sul), in western Angola,

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 EN
Habitat loss and degradation through conversion to agriculture is the main 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

Gabela Bushshrike (Laniarius amboimensis) [XC699964]
by id from Kumbira - Conda area (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Angola (call)

Gabela Bushshrike (Laniarius amboimensis) [XC417374]
by Ken Behrens from Gabela, Kwanza-Sul, Angola (call)

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 Gabela Bush-Shrike (Laniarius amboimensis) and Braun's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius brauni), 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
Differs from very similar Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi) and Braun's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius brauni) by having clear white underparts.

References
See References.

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