Bulo Burti Boubou
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| Laniarius liberatus Smith, Arctander, Fjeldsa & Amir, 1991 |
The Bulo Burti Boubou (Laniarius liberatus) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the bushshrike family. It remains known only from central Somalia, 140 km inland in Hiiraan gobolka (region) near Buuloburde (Buulobarde, Bulo Burti) on the Shebelle River.
This species is known from a single individual trapped in 1988, and was described using blood and feather samples to provide a DNA sequence specimen. Unlike the usual practice, the bird was not killed as a type; it was released back into the wild in 1990 because the scientists researching it felt that the species was very rare. The species name of liberatus ("the liberated one") was given due to this fact. It is critically endangered and it was not found during searches in 1989 and 1990. It resembles the Red-naped Bush-shrike L. ruficeps but has no red nape, is black, not grey, on the mantle, and is washed buffy-yellow on throat and breast.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Laniarius liberatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered
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