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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 18–19 cm (7-7½ in)<br /> | |
| + | Forecrown and eye-stripe dark grey, hindcrown and nape chestnut, [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] white. Wings and tail dark grey with white wing-bar, back pale grey. Underparts white with buffy wash on flanks. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Ethiopia]], [[ | + | East [[Africa]]: found in [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]] and [[Kenya]] |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
A "skulker", keeping low in bushes unless singing. | A "skulker", keeping low in bushes unless singing. | ||
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| + | Their main diet consists of insects, but adults and larval. The forage on the ground. | ||
====Vocalization==== | ====Vocalization==== | ||
A repeated ''creeo creeo'' (duet); also a scolding ''churr''. | A repeated ''creeo creeo'' (duet); also a scolding ''churr''. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2019) |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Laniarius+ruficeps}} | {{GSearch|Laniarius+ruficeps}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Laniarius]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Laniarius]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:50, 28 March 2019
- Laniarius ruficeps
Identification
18–19 cm (7-7½ in)
Forecrown and eye-stripe dark grey, hindcrown and nape chestnut, supercilium white. Wings and tail dark grey with white wing-bar, back pale grey. Underparts white with buffy wash on flanks.
Distribution
East Africa: found in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Laniarius ruficeps has three subspecies:[1]
- L. r. rufinuchalis
- L. r. ruficeps
- Extreme north-western Somalia
- L. r. kismayensis
Habitat
Dry shrubland and thicket.
Behaviour
A "skulker", keeping low in bushes unless singing.
Diet
Their main diet consists of insects, but adults and larval. The forage on the ground.
Vocalization
A repeated creeo creeo (duet); also a scolding churr.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2019)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-naped Bushshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-naped_Bushshrike
