Red-naped Bush-shrike (Laniarius ruficeps)

Other Names (World)
Red-naped Bush-shrike, Red-naped Shrike, Red-crowned Shrike, Red-crowned Bush-shrike, Red-naped Bushshrike

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1885)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Red-naped Bushshrike (Laniarius ruficeps) [XC210002]
by Andrew Spencer from Negele - Filtu Road, 32 km east of Negele, Ethiopia (song)

Red-naped Bushshrike (Laniarius ruficeps) [XC306655]
by Sidney Shema from Filtu area, Oromia, Ethiopia (song?)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic studies indicate that this species is closest to Manda Boubou (Laniarius nigerrimus), the two composing a clade (lineage) that is deeper-branched than, or sister to, Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus), Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii), Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus), Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus), Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor), Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus), Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster), Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri) and Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

ruficeps (Shelley, 1885) - North-western Somalia.
rufinuchalis (Sharpe, 1895) - EC, southern and south-eastern Ethiopia and central and southern Somalia (except south-eastern coast).
kismayensis (Erlanger, 1901) - Southern Somalia coastal lowlands and north-eastern and south-eastern Kenya.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-naped Bush-shrike (Laniarius ruficeps) - 10 files

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