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Ethiopian boubou

Laniarius aethiopicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The ethiopian boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) is a species in the family Malaconotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 48 g to 56 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Ethiopian boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)
Photo: manschuwa · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the ethiopian boubou

Weight
48 g – 56 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
14 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.5 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ethiopian boubou live?

Not recorded

What is the ethiopian boubou?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Ethiopian boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, northwest Somalia, and northern Kenya. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

Its breast and belly are pinkish. It has a narrow wing stripe, extending across the median and larger wing coverts, and often a bit onto the secondary remiges. Outer tail feathers never have white tips.

From the Wikipedia article “Ethiopian boubou” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_boubou&oldid=1313994205), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the ethiopian boubou endangered?

The ethiopian boubou is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the ethiopian boubou classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMalaconotidae
  6. genusLaniarius
  7. SpeciesLaniarius aethiopicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Laniarius aethiopicus aethiopicus, Turdus aethiopicus

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • ETBOEnglish
  • Tropical boubouEnglish
  • Tropiese waterfiskaalAfrikaans
  • bubú tropicalCatalan
  • ťuhýkovec tropickýCzech
  • bwbw cyffredinWelsh
  • BubuDanish
  • BoubouwürgerGerman
  • ÄthiopienwürgerGerman
  • Boubou-WürgerGerman
  • etiopia malakonotoEsperanto
  • Bubú abisinioSpanish
  • duettolepinkäinenFinnish
  • etiopianduettolepinkäinenFinnish
  • Gonolek d'AbyssinieFrench
  • Gonolek à ventre blancFrench
  • Gonolek d’AbyssinieFrench
  • bjeloprsa čagraCroatian
  • abesszin bozótgébicsHungarian
  • Bubu tropicaleItalian
  • スズゴエヤブモズJapanese
  • エチオピアヤブモズJapanese
  • atogrąžinė giedančioji medšarkėLithuanian
  • TropeboboNorwegian Bokmål
  • Ethiopische FiskaalDutch
  • etiopiaboboNorwegian
  • dzierzyk zaroślowyPolish
  • bubu-abissínioPortuguese
  • picanço-da-abissíniaPortuguese
  • picanço-tropicalPortuguese
  • Эфиопский бубуRussian
  • Эфиопский певчий сорокопутRussian
  • mäsiarik tropickýSlovak
  • Etiopski bubu svračakSerbian
  • etiopienbusktörnskataSwedish
  • etiopisk busktörnskataSwedish
  • Habeş BubusuTurkish
  • гонолек чагарниковийUkrainian
  • 埃塞黑鵙Chinese
  • 衣索匹亞黑伯勞Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the ethiopian boubou

Other species in the same genus Laniarius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ethiopian boubou?

An adult ethiopian boubou weighs 48 g – 56 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the ethiopian boubou endangered?

The ethiopian boubou is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the ethiopian boubou?

The ethiopian boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus) belongs to the family Malaconotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Ethiopian boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ethiopian-boubou

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BibTeX
@misc{ethiopian_boubou_2026,
  title = {Ethiopian boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ethiopian-boubou},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}