Biology:Mountain sooty boubou
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Laniarius |
| Species: | L. poensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Laniarius poensis (Alexander, 1903)
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The mountain sooty boubou (Laniarius poensis), western boubou or mountain boubou, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.
Taxonomy
It was formerly considered conspecific with the Albertine sooty boubou (Laniarius holomelas), with Willard's sooty boubou (Laniarius willardi), and with Fülleborn's sooty boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni).[2]
Two subspecies are currently recognized: nominate L. p. poensis, which is endemic to Bioko; and L. p. camerunensis which occurs on mainland Africa.[3]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in the Cameroon line from Bioko, Equatorial Guinea north to Mount Oku, Cameroon and the Obudu Plateau, Nigeria.[3] In the Cameroon highlands, it is found in montane forests, usually above 600 m in elevation.[3] On Mount Cameroon, this species can occur at extremely low elevations on the windward slopes near the coast, with records from as low as c. 520 m above sea level.[4] On both Bioko and Mt. Cameroon, this taxon is restricted to montane forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Laniarius poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103706176A94131976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103706176A94131976.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103706176/94131976. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/batises/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fry, Hilary; Kirwan, Guy M. (4 March 2020). "Western Boubou (Laniarius poensis)". Birds of the World (Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology). doi:10.2173/bow.mosbou1.01.
- ↑ Serle, William (1964). "The lower altitudinal limit of the montane forest birds of the Cameroon Mountain, West Africa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 84: 87–91.
Wikidata ☰ Q267852 entry
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