Mountain sooty boubou

Mountain sooty boubou
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Laniarius
Species:
L. poensis
Binomial name
Laniarius poensis
(Alexander, 1903)
Subspecies
  • L. p. poensis (Alexander, 1903)
  • L. p. camerunensis

The mountain sooty boubou (Laniarius poensis), western boubou or mountain boubou, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

Taxonomy

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It was formerly considered conspecific with the Albertine sooty boubou (Laniarius holomelas), with Willard's sooty boubou (Laniarius willardi), and with Fülleborn's sooty boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni).[2]

Two subspecies are currently recognized: nominate L. p. poensis, which is endemic to Bioko; and L. p. camerunensis which occurs on mainland Africa.[3]

Distribution and habitat

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It is found in the Cameroon line from Bioko, Equatorial Guinea north to Mount Oku, Cameroon and the Obudu Plateau, Nigeria.[3] In the Cameroon highlands, it is found in montane forests, usually above 600 m in elevation.[3] On Mount Cameroon, this species can occur at extremely low elevations on the windward slopes near the coast, with records from as low as c. 520 m above sea level.[4] On both Bioko and Mt. Cameroon, this taxon is restricted to montane forests.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Laniarius poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103706176A94131976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103706176A94131976.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Fry, Hilary; Kirwan, Guy M. (4 March 2020). Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.). "Western Boubou (Laniarius poensis)". Birds of the World. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.mosbou1.01. S2CID 242408833.
  4. ^ Serle, William (1964). "The lower altitudinal limit of the montane forest birds of the Cameroon Mountain, West Africa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 84: 87–91.