Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-breasted Boubou, Mountain Gonolek, Yellow-breasted Shrike

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shelley, 1887

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, lowland moist shrubland. From 1,500 - 2,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Nigeria.

South-eastern Nigeria (Obudu Plateau, Mambilla Plateau, Chappal Hendu) and western Cameroon (Bamenda Highlands, Mt Manenguba, Mt Cameroon).

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 (20)...)

Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus) [XC121198]
by Tomasz Osiejuk from Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon (call)

Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus) [XC407490]
by Pawe\u0142 Szyma\u0144ski from Woteva Forest, Cameroon (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Closely related to Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri), but the two are better treated as independent species, rather than as a superspecies. Their closest allies are Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus) and Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster), the four constituting a lineage that is sister to the cluster comprising Ethiopian Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus), Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii), Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus), Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor) and Luhder's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius luehderi). Birds from Mt Oku (Cameroon) described as a geographical subspecies, craterum, on account of slightly greater size, but size variation of species is clinal.

References
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