Lowland sooty boubou

The lowland sooty boubou (Laniarius leucorhynchus), also known as the sooty boubou, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Lowland sooty boubou

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Laniarius
Species:
L. leucorhynchus
Binomial name
Laniarius leucorhynchus
(Hartlaub, 1848)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Laniarius leucorhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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