Mountain sooty boubou
The mountain sooty boubou, western boubou, or mountain boubou (Laniarius poensis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria, Bioko; Rwanda, Burundi and adjacent areas of Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
| Mountain sooty boubou | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Laniarius |
| Species: | L. poensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Laniarius poensis (Alexander, 1903) | |
It was formerly considered conspecific with the Albertine sooty boubou (Laniarius holomelas).[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Laniarius poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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