The red-naped bushshrike or red-naped boubou (''Laniarius ruficeps'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Malaconotidae, which is native to the dry lowlands of the eastern
Afrotropics.
Range and habitat
It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Its natural
habitat
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is subtropical and tropical dry
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
, under above sea level.
Habits
It is a shy and skulking bird,
that forages on the ground and in the lower strata of dense thickets and thornbush.
[ It sings just after sunrise from a bushtop. They have various harsh and repetitive calls, which includes dueting.][
]
Subspecies
There are three accepted subspecies:[
* ''L. r. rufinuchalis'' (Sharpe, 1895) – Ethiopia, central Somalia and Kenya
:Description: Forecrown black][
* ''L. r. kismayensis'' (Erlanger, 1901) – coastal Somalia and Kiunga, Kenya
:Description: Forecrown orange-red][
]
References
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red-naped bushshrike
The red-naped bushshrike or red-naped boubou (''Laniarius ruficeps'') is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is native to the dry lowlands of the eastern Afrotropics.
Range and habitat
It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somal ...
Birds of the Horn of Africa
red-naped bushshrike
The red-naped bushshrike or red-naped boubou (''Laniarius ruficeps'') is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is native to the dry lowlands of the eastern Afrotropics.
Range and habitat
It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somal ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot