Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae (Bushshrikes)  
Genus: Laniarius (22 species)


Ethiopian Boubou
Ethiopian Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)
Range: AF: Eritrea, Ethiopia, nw Somalia and n Kenya
Lake Langano, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Gabela Bushshrike (Laniarius amboimensis) Endangered
Range: AF: wc Angola
 



Crimson-breasted Shrike
Crimson-breasted Shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus)
Range: AF: Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe to c South Africa
Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-breasted Boubou
Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus)
Range: AF: se Nigeria and w Cameroon
Mount Cameroon, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
Range: AF: w
The Gambia  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Swamp Boubou
Swamp Boubou (Laniarius bicolor)
Range: AF: wc
Namibia  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni) Endangered
Range: AF: nw Angola
 



Black-headed Gonolek
Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
Range: AF: e Nigeria and n Cameroon to Eritrea, w Ethiopia, w Kenya, n Tanzania and e DR Congo
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Black-headed Gonolek
Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster) Immature
Range: AF: e Nigeria and n Cameroon to Eritrea, w Ethiopia, w Kenya, n Tanzania and e DR Congo
Lake Victoria, Kenya
  Note barring on very different immature.
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Southern Boubou
Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus)
Range: AF: s
Giant's Castle, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Southern Boubou
Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus) Female
Range: AF: s
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Fuelleborn's Boubou
Fuelleborn's Boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni usambaricus)
Range: AF: ec
Udzungwas, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Slate-colored Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou (Laniarius funebris)
Range: AF: c Ethiopia and Somalia tp Uganda and c Tanzania
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Peter R. Steward     Copyright and usage info


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Albertine Sooty Boubou (Laniarius holomelas)
Range: AF: e DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
 



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Lowland Sooty Boubou (Laniarius leucorhynchus)
Range: AF: Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana, se Nigeria and Cameroon to Uganda, c DR Congo and n Angola
 



Luehder's Bushshrike
Luehder's Bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi)
Range: AF: se Nigeria and Cameroon to w DR Congo; e DR Congo to s South Sudan, w Kenya and w Tanzania
Kakamega Primary Forest, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

A secretive forest species.

Tropical Boubou
Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major major)
Range: AF: w, c Africa s to s Zambia and n, c Mozambique
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Papyrus Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri) Near Threatened
Range: AF: Uganda to w Kenya, e DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi
Nsozinga, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black Boubou
Black Boubou (Laniarius nigerrimus)
Range: AF: sc Somalia and coastal e Kenya
Manda Island, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Mountain Sooty Boubou (Laniarius poensis)
Range: AF: se Nigeria, sw Cameroon, Bioko
 



Red-naped Bushshrike
Red-naped Bushshrike (Laniarius ruficeps rufinuchalis)
Range: AF: ne
Dubuluk, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


East Coast Boubou
East Coast Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
Range: AF: se Somalia to ne Tanzania and Zanzibar
West Usambaras, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii)
Range: AF: Guinea-Bissau to Sierra Leone
 



Willard's Sooty Boubou
Willard's Sooty Boubou (Laniarius willardi)
Range: AF: Albertine Rift in Uganda, Burundi
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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