Mackinnon's Shrike
Lanius mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891
Laniidae — Shrikes
Mackinnon’s Shrike, Lanius mackinnoni, is a passerine of the shrike family found in Africa from south-east Nigeria and Cameroon to north-west Angola, north-east Congo and north DR Congo to western Kenya and northern Tanzania. It inhabits moist montane forest and moist savanna, and also occurs along forest edges, in clearings, secondary growth and bushy places. The adult male has a grey-black head and upper back, white eyebrow and shoulder patches, black wings, a black tail edged in white, and white underparts, sometimes washed buff. The female is similar, with rufous on the flanks. The juvenile is grey-brown and strongly barred.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae — Shrikes
- Breeding range
- Africa: se Nigeria and Cameroon to nw Angola, ne Congo and n DR Congo to w Kenya and n Tanzania
