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Fülleborn's boubou

Laniarius fuelleborni (Reichenow, 1900)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The fülleborn's boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni) is a species in the family Malaconotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 42.5 g to 46.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Fülleborn's boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni)
Photo: Alexander, 1903 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fülleborn's boubou

Weight
42.5 g – 46.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
8 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1.75 – 2src 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 fülleborn's boubou live?

Not recorded

What is the fülleborn's boubou?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Fülleborn's boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia, where its typical habitat is humid montane forest, dense undergrowth, secondary growth, forest edges and bamboo groves. The name of this bird commemorates the German physician Friedrich Fülleborn.

From the Wikipedia article “Fülleborn's boubou” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F%C3%BClleborn%27s_boubou&oldid=1380595195), 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 fülleborn's boubou endangered?

The fülleborn's 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 fülleborn's boubou classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMalaconotidae
  6. genusLaniarius
  7. SpeciesLaniarius fuelleborni (Reichenow, 1900)

Synonyms Dryoscopus fuelleborni, Dryoscopus fülleborni, Laniarius fulleborni, Laniarius nyasae

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • FUBOEnglish
  • Fuelleborn's boubouEnglish
  • Fuelleborn's boubouEnglish
  • ťuhýkovec tanzanskýCzech
  • Bwbw MynyddWelsh
  • SkovbubuDanish
  • FüllebornwürgerGerman
  • Fülleborn-WürgerGerman
  • tanzania malakonotoEsperanto
  • Bubú de FüllebornSpanish
  • tanganjika pagulindEstonian
  • vuorilepinkäinenFinnish
  • Gonolek de FüllebornFrench
  • tanzanska čagraCroatian
  • Bubu di FüllenbornItalian
  • クロナキヤブモズJapanese
  • juodoji giedančioji medšarkėLithuanian
  • Fülleborns FiskaalDutch
  • svartbuskvarslerNorwegian
  • dzierzyk czarnyPolish
  • bubu-de-füllebornPortuguese
  • picanço-de-fuellebornPortuguese
  • picanço-preto-da-tanzâniaPortuguese
  • Чёрный бубуRussian
  • Чёрный певчий сорокопутRussian
  • mäsiarik tmavýSlovak
  • Filebornov Laniarius holomelasSerbian
  • tanzaniabusktörnskataSwedish
  • füllebornbusktörnskataSwedish
  • Fülleborns busktörnskataSwedish
  • Fülleborn BubusuTurkish
  • гонолек східнийUkrainian
  • 福氏黑鵙Chinese
  • 富勒氏黑伯勞Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the fülleborn's 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 fülleborn's boubou?

An adult fülleborn's boubou weighs 42.5 g – 46.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fülleborn's boubou endangered?

The fülleborn's 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 fülleborn's boubou?

The fülleborn's boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni) belongs to the family Malaconotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fülleborn's boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fulleborns-boubou

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{fulleborns_boubou_2026,
  title = {Fülleborn's boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fulleborns-boubou},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}