Slate-Coloured Boubou
Laniarius funebris(Hartlaub, KJG, 1863)
English (US) Slate-colored Boubou
UK name: Slate-Coloured Boubou
The Slate-Coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Malaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: central Ethiopia and Somalia southward to Uganda and central TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Laniarius funebris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Slate-colored Boubou
- English (UK)
- Slate-Coloured Boubou
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Dryoscopus funebris
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1863)
- Type locality
- Meninga [Unyamwesi area of Tanganyika Terr.].
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863, pt.2 p.105
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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