Slate-colored Boubou
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Slate-colored Boubou

Laniarius funebris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Queen Elizabeth National Park
2 Verified records at Queen Elizabeth National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The slate-colored boubou or slate-coloured boubou (Laniarius funebris) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. German naturalist Gustav Hartlaub described the slate-colored boubou in 1863. Two subspecies, funebris and degener are recognised. Within the genus Laniarius its position is unclear, but it does not appear to be closely related to the black-plumaged members of the genus such as Fuelleborn's boubou, Laniarius fuelleborni, with which some authorities had previously considered it conspecific. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Queen Elizabeth National Park

Black-headed Gonolek
LC

Black-headed Gonolek

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius erythrogaster

60–70% · Likely
Papyrus Gonolek
NT

Papyrus Gonolek

Bird

Laniarius mufumbiri

10–20% · With luck
Tropical Boubou

Tropical Boubou

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius major

10–20% · With luck
Lühder's Bushshrike
LC

Lühder's Bushshrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius luehderi

<5% · Rare
Sooty Boubou
LC

Sooty Boubou

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius leucorhynchus

Insufficient data
Western Boubou
LC

Western Boubou

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Laniarius poensis

Insufficient data
Black-crowned Tchagra
LC

Black-crowned Tchagra

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tchagra senegalus

10–20% · With luck
Brown-crowned Tchagra
LC

Brown-crowned Tchagra

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tchagra australis

5–10% · With luck
Northern Puffback
LC

Northern Puffback

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dryoscopus gambensis

<5% · Rare
Brubru
LC

Brubru

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Nilaus afer

<5% · Rare
Gray-headed Bushshrike
LC

Gray-headed Bushshrike

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Malaconotus blanchoti

<5% · Rare
🐦 No photo available
LC

Pink-footed Puffback

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dryoscopus angolensis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Slate-colored Boubou at Queen Elizabeth National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
60–70%
2 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
3 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
4 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
40–50%
5 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
40–50%
6 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
30–40%
7 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
30–40%
8 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
30–40%
9 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
10 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
11 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
12 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
20–30%
13 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20–30%
14 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20–30%
15 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
16 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
10–20%
17 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
18 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
19 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
20 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
21 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
22 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
23 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
24 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
25 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
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