Redefining the taxonomy of the all-black and pied boubous (Laniarius spp.) in coastal Kenya and Somalia

Brian W. Finch; Nigel D. Hunter; Inger Eleanor Hall Winkelmann; Karla Manzano Vargas; Peter Njoroge; Jon Fjeldså; Tom Gilbert

Redefining the taxonomy of the all-black and pied boubous (Laniarius spp.) in coastal Kenya and Somalia

Brian W. Finch, Nigel D. Hunter, Inger Eleanor Hall Winkelmann, Karla Manzano Vargas, Peter Njoroge, Jon Fjeldså, Tom Gilbert

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Following the rediscovery of a form of Laniarius on Manda Island, Kenya, which had been treated as a melanistic morph of Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopkus for some 70 years, a detailed field study strongly indicated that it was wrongly assigned. Molecular examination proved that it is the same species as L. (aethiopkus) erlangeri, until now considered a Somali endemic, and these populations should take the oldest available name L. nigerrimus. The overall classification of coastal boubous also proved to require revision, and this paper presents a preliminary new classification for taxa in this region using both genetic and morphological data. Genetic evidence revealed that the coastal ally of L. aethiopkus, recently considered specifically as L. sublacteus, comprises two unrelated forms, requiring a future detailed study.

Original language	English
Journal	Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
Volume	136
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	74-85
Number of pages	12
ISSN	0007-1595
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016

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Redefining the taxonomy of the all-black and pied boubous (Laniarius spp.) in coastal Kenya and Somalia

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