Mountain sooty boubou

Mountain sooty boubou
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Malaconotidae
Genus:	Laniarius
Species:	L. poensis
Binomial name
	Laniarius poensis; (Alexander, 1903)
Subspecies
	L. p. poensis (Alexander, 1903) ; L. p. camerunensis;

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

Taxonomy

It was formerly considered conspecific with the Albertine sooty boubou (Laniarius holomelas), with Willard's sooty boubou (Laniarius willardi), and with Fülleborn's sooty boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni).^[2]

Two subspecies are currently recognized: nominate L. p. poensis, which is endemic to Bioko; and L. p. camerunensis which occurs on mainland Africa.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the Cameroon line from Bioko, Equatorial Guinea north to Mount Oku, Cameroon and the Obudu Plateau, Nigeria.^[3] In the Cameroon highlands, it is found in montane forests, usually above 600 m in elevation.^[3] On Mount Cameroon, this species can occur at extremely low elevations on the windward slopes near the coast, with records from as low as c. 520 m above sea level.^[4] On both Bioko and Mt. Cameroon, this taxon is restricted to montane forests.

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Laniarius poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103706176A94131976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103706176A94131976.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fry, Hilary; Kirwan, Guy M. (4 March 2020). Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.). "Western Boubou (Laniarius poensis)". Birds of the World. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.mosbou1.01. S2CID 242408833.
^ Serle, William (1964). "The lower altitudinal limit of the montane forest birds of the Cameroon Mountain, West Africa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 84: 87–91.

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[iucn_status_13_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Laniarius poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103706176A94131976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103706176A94131976.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[ioc-2] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[bow-3] Fry, Hilary; Kirwan, Guy M. (4 March 2020). Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.). "Western Boubou (Laniarius poensis)". Birds of the World. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.mosbou1.01. S2CID 242408833.

[serle_elev-4] Serle, William (1964). "The lower altitudinal limit of the montane forest birds of the Cameroon Mountain, West Africa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 84: 87–91.

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