Ethiopian boubou
| Ethiopian boubou | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Laniarius |
| Species: | L. aethiopicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Laniarius aethiopicus (JF Gmelin, 1789) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Laniarius ferrugineus aethiopicus (Gmelin, 1788) | |
The Ethiopian boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, northwest Somalia, and northern Kenya.
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
It's breast and belly are pinkish. It has a narrow wing stripe, extending across the median and larger wing coverts, and often a bit onto the secondary remiges. Outer tail feathers never have white tips.
Recent cladistic analysis of nDNA BRM15 intron-15 and mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 and ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 sequence data indicates that the Ethiopian boubou is a polyphyletic cryptic species complex, which was once lumped with the tropical boubou, black boubou, and East Coast boubou.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Laniarius aethiopicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.