Laniarius [aethiopicus or major] (Ethiopian or West African Boubou)

Ethiopian or West African Boubou

Laniarius [aethiopicus or major] (= Laniarius aethiopicus) (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The Ethiopian boubou is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, northwest Somalia, and northern Kenya. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Malaconotidae
Genus:
   Laniarius
Scientific:
  Laniarius aethiopicus

Original description

Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.824

Protonym:
Turdus aethiopicus

Type locality:
Abyssinia.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656319

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
FBB58997970BB510

Avibase ID:
avibase-FBB58997

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FBB58997

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560691

Geographic range:

Laniarius aethiopicus aethiopicus: far eastern Sudan to Eritrea, Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia, and far northern Kenya
Laniarius aethiopicus ambiguus: Kenya and northeastern Tanzania
Laniarius aethiopicus limpopoensis: southeastern Zimbabwe (Limpopo River Valley) and northeastern South Africa (northern Limpopo)
Laniarius aethiopicus mossambicus: Zambia (except northern and northwestern) and Malawi to northern and eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe (except southeastern), and Mozambique
Laniarius major: Sierra Leone eastward to southern South Sudan, Kenya, and Tanzania, southward to Malawi
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Ethiopian or West African Boubou
French:
Gonolek d'Abyssinie ou Grand Gonolek

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Ethiopian or West African Boubou ( Laniarius [aethiopicus or major])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Gonolek d'Abyssinie ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Tropical Boubou ( Laniarius aethiopicus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Laniarius [aethiopicus, major or sublacteus]

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