L\u00fchder's Bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi) [XC451959]
by Frank Lambert from Rondo Retreat garden and nearby trail system, Kakamega Forest, Kakamega County, Kenya (duet, song, duet starting at about 25s)
L\u00fchder's Bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi) [XC396242]
by Bram Vogels from Kakamega National Park, Kakamega, Kenya (call)
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 Braun's Bush-Shrike (Laniarius brauni) 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). Subspecies intergrade in Ruwenzori Mts (eastern DRCongo).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
luehderi Reichenow, 1874 - Extreme south-eastern Nigeria (Calabar area) and southern Cameroon south to north-western Angola (Cabinda) and southern PRCongo (lower R Congo); extreme southern Sudan, north-eastern and eastern DRCongo, Rwanda and Burundi south to western and eastern sides of L Tanganyika.
castaneiceps Sharpe, 1891 - Extreme eastern DRCongo (Ruwenzori Mts), southern Uganda and south-western Kenya.