Papyrus Gonolek
Laniarius mufumbiriOgilvie-Grant, WR, 1911
English (US) Papyrus Gonolek
The Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri) 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: papyrus swamps of Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, Kenya, and TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Laniarius mufumbiri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Papyrus Gonolek
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1911
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1911
- Type locality
- 'Mufumbiro Volcanoes'; 'type' from near Vichumbi, Lake Edward (Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 616).
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 29 p.30
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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