Lowland Sooty Boubou - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Sooty Boubou

Photo by Mike Barth
Kakum, Ghana, October 2013

Laniarius leucorhynchus

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by Andy Adcock
Akagera National Park, Rwanda, 3 September 2019

Length 20-22 cm. An all-black boubou.

Distribution

Tropical Africa: Sierra Leone to Uganda and Angola.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and secondary growth; usually close to the ground.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Duets include clear whistles and harsh notes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Lowland Sooty Boubou. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lowland_Sooty_Boubou

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