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Mountain Sooty Boubou

Laniarius poensis

Not EvaluatedRareInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 45 g
Mountain Sooty Boubou (Laniarius poensis), photo 1
Photo: Eric Munneke · CC BY 4.0
Mountain Sooty Boubou (Laniarius poensis), photo 2
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

About the Mountain Sooty Boubou

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

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it lives

Regular range
Uganda Rwanda Cameroon Nigeria Equatorial Guinea Congo - Kinshasa Burundi

When to see it

Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri) Papyrus GonolekLaniarius mufumbiriThe papyrus gonolek is a medium-sized bush-shrike some 18 cm (7 in) long. Lowland Sooty Boubou (Laniarius leucorhynchus) Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchusThe lowland sooty boubou, also known as the sooty boubou, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Yellow-breasted Boubou (Laniarius atroflavus) Yellow-breasted BoubouLaniarius atroflavusThe yellow-breasted boubou is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

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