Biology:East Coast boubou

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Short description: Species of bird

East Coast boubou
Zanzibar Boubou.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Laniarius
Species:
L. sublacteus
Binomial name
Laniarius sublacteus
(Cassin, 1851)

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.

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. BirdLife International (2017). "Laniarius sublacteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22735541A118755266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735541A118755266.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22735541/118755266. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  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. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2023). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/batises/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q12261853 entry