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Ethiopian Boubou
Laniarius aethiopicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Malaconotidae — Bushshrikes
Ethiopian Boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus, is a bird of the Malaconotidae family that breeds in Eritrea, Ethiopia, north-west Somalia and northern Kenya. It lives in moist savanna. Its breast and belly are pinkish, and it shows a narrow wing stripe that runs across the middle and larger wing coverts, sometimes reaching part of the secondary remiges. The outer tail feathers do not have white tips. It was first described in 1789 by Gmelin.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae — Bushshrikes
- Breeding range
- Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, nw Somalia and n Kenya
