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Southern Boubou

Laniarius ferrugineus

Description:

The male Southern Boubou is a fairly distinctive 20–22 cm long bird with black upperparts extending from the top of the head down to the tail, a striking white wing stripe, and a relatively long black tail with white outer feathers. The underparts are white shading to rufous on the lower belly, undertail and flanks. The bill, eyes and legs are black. It resembles the Common Fiscal, Lanius collaris, but is shorter tailed, has more white in the wing, and is much less conspicuous in its habits.

Habitat:

Forest Edge Garden.

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2 Comments

Jared Hersch
Jared Hersch 11 years ago

Thanks dude... Can't wait to get out there with you again, Kruger next month!!!

Neilen Joyce
Neilen Joyce 11 years ago

Nice dude!!! I miss going out spotting... but will soon do something like that!

Jared Hersch
Spotted by
Jared Hersch

Knysna Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Apr 11, 2013
Submitted on Apr 11, 2013

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