- Laniarius luehderi
Identification
18–19 cm (7-7½ in)
Adult: Tawny-orange head, throat and breast with a black mask.
Wings black with broad white stripe. Belly white.
Bill and legs black.
Juvenile: Olive upperparts with rufous rump and indistinct buff wing-bar; pale olive-yellow below.
Distribution
Africa between 7°N and 9°S. Extreme south-eastern Nigeria to north-western Angola and Uganda5. Also occurs in montane forests in western Rwanda.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
The endangered Braun's Bushshrike and Gabela Bushshrike are sometimes regarded as subspecies of this taxon.
Habitat
Forest and secondary growth; often near streams or wetlands.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of caterpillars (particularly those gleaned from parasol-type trees), beetles, grasshoppers, mantises and moths
Vocalization
A resonant wuurk and a duet call shrik shrik.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
- Gill F & Wright M. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276 Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
- Sibley CG & Monroe BL. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
- Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lühder's Bushshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/L%C3%BChder%27s_Bushshrike
