Gabon Boubou (Laniarius bicolor)

Other Names (World)
Swamp Boubou, Gabon Boubou, Gaboon Boubou, Ngami Bush-shrike, Ngami Boubou

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux, 1857)

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Duets of whistled 'hoouu'. Harsh rattling calls.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor) [XC460846]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Nambwa Campsite \/ Island, Zambezi Region, Namibia, Namibia (song)

Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor) [XC346838]
by Peter Boesman from Mahango Game reserve, Namibia (song)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic analyses indicate that this species is closest to Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus) and Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus), the three composing a sister lineage to Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) and Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii). Has in the past been treated as a subspecies of Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus), and sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus) and Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) but overlaps in range with Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) around Chobe-Zambezi confuence, where the two occupy different habitats, and differs from Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus) in morphology (larger size but lighter weight, less robust bill) and in voice and habitat. Subspecies intergrade.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

bicolor (Verreaux, 1857) - Western Cameroon south to Gabon and extreme north-western Angola (coastal Cabinda).
guttatus (Hartlaub, 1865) - PRCongo south to western Angola (south to near Lubango).
sticturus Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870 - Interior of southern Angola eastern western Zambia, north-eastern Namibia and northern Botswana.

References
See References.

Files:

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