Laniarius

Response: This is an adult Ethiopian boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus, a member of the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae.

Mystery bird: Ethiopian boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus 2011

Ethiopian boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus aethiopicus, also known as the boubou shrike, tropical boubou or the bell shrike, photographed at the Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa.

Mystery bird: Ethiopian boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus 2011

There are also 14 species in common with just Mt. Cameroon and not Bioko, adding Andropadus montanus, Phyllastrephus poliocephalus, Laniarius atroflavus, Malaconotus gladiator, Cossypha isabellae, and the race Cisticola chubbi discolor (sometimes considered a separate species C. discolor).

Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

A new species of shrike (Laniidae: Laniarius) from Somalia, verified by DNA sequence data from the only known individual.

Biological diversity in the Horn of Africa 2008

Seven of these species are found only in Somalia, including a bushshrike, the Bulo Burti boubou (Laniarius liberatus, CR), which was described (and is still known only) from a single individual that was released (hence the specific name liberatus) after comprehensive study.

Biological diversity in the Horn of Africa 2008

Among tetrapods the most famous case is that of the Bulo Burti boubou Laniarius liberatus, a Somalian shrike captured, observed in captivity, and then released (Smith et al. 1991).

Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

A new species of shrike (Laniidae: Laniarius) from Somalia, verified by DNA sequence data from the only known individual.

Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

The endangered wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is also found in the Ethiopian section of this ecoregion, most commonly in Mago and Omo N.P.s. Most of the endemic species of animal and plant are associated with dry habitats, but the riverine habitats along the Jubba and Wabi Shebele support two strictly endemic birds, the Degodi lark (Mirafra degodiensis, VU) and the Bulo Burti bush-shrike (Laniarius liberatus, CR), qualifying as an Endemic Bird Area.

Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 2007

In passing over a number of dogs mentioned by Colonel Smith, concerning which I have no data for anecdotes, I pause for a moment at the drover, or cattle-dog of Cuba, and Terra Firma, in America, placed by him among the native dogs, (Canis Laniarius), because they are so serviceable in landing cattle from vessels.

Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals R. Lee 1865

There are also a number of endemic bird subspecies, the brown-chested alethe (Alethe poliocephala hallae), yellow-necked greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini falkensteini), grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata harteri) and two subspecies of Lühder’s bushshrike, Laniarius luehderi brauni and L.l. amboimensis.

Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands 2008