Alternative name: Mountain Boubou
- Laniarius poensis
Identification
Length 18-20 cm.
An all-black Boubou.
Distribution
Tropical Africa: Highland forests of the Albertine Rift, south-western Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria, and the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
Taxonomy
Laniarius poensis has three subspecies:[1]
- L. p. camerunensis
- L. p. poensis
- Island of Bioko
- L. p. holomelas
- Albertine Rift Mountains (Eastern DRC, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi)
Habitat
Montane forests, forest edge and clearings in forest.
Behaviour
A "skulker"; keeps to undergrowth and thicket.
Vocalisation
A variety of calls, usually in duet.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Mountain Sooty Boubou. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Mountain_Sooty_Boubou
