Red-naped bushshrike explained

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 Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, under above sea level.

Habits

It is a shy and skulking bird,[1] 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.[1]

Subspecies

There are three accepted subspecies:[2]

Description: Crown to hindneck bright orange-rufous to rufous-red, forecrown black[2]

Description: Forecrown black[1]

Description: Forecrown orange-red[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Zimmerman, Dale A. . Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania . 1999 . Princeton University Press . 0691010226 . 218, 617 . etal.
  2. Web site: Fry . H. . 2017 . Red-naped bush-shrike (Laniarius ruficeps) . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions, Barcelona . 14 April 2015.