Uluguru Bushshrike

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Uluguru Bushshrike
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae Genus: Malaconotus Species: M. alius
Binomial name
Malaconotus alius Friedmann, 1927

The Uluguru Bushshrike, Malaconotus alius, is a species of rare birds occurring only in the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania. It was discovered in 1926 and was known to be confined to a single site in the Uluguru North Forest Reserve of about 84 km². However, in March 2007, a team of Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania discovered its presence in the Uluguru South Forest Reserve in Morogoro Region.^[1]

[edit] See also

Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania

[edit] References

1. ^ Rare birds found in Uluguru Mountains

[edit] External links

• Uluguru Bush-shrike found over the limit
• Uluguru Bushshrike Factsheet