Zanzibar_boubou

East Coast boubou

East Coast boubou

Species of bird

The East Coast boubou or Zanzibar boubou (Laniarius sublacteus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found from southeast Somalia to northeast Tanzania, and Zanzibar island.

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Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

It has vestigial or no white wing stripe. Outer tail feathers may have white tips. Juveniles have no barring on underside. An all-black morph occurs in the area around the lower Jubba and Tana Rivers and on the Lamu Archipelago.

The East Coast boubou was formerly lumped with the tropical boubou, the black boubou, and the Ethiopian boubou. The species complex was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2008.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2017). "Laniarius sublacteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22735541A118755266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735541A118755266.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Nguembock, B.; Fjeldså, J.; Couloux, A.; Pasquet, E. (2008). "Phylogeny of Laniarius: Molecular data reveal L. liberatus synonymous with L. erlangeri and 'plumage coloration' as unreliable morphological characters for defining species and species groups". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48 (2): 396–407. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.014. PMID 18514549.
  3. [3]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 March 2023.


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