Slate-colored Boubou

Laniarius funebris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMalaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies)
GenusLaniarius (Boubous and Gonoleks)
SpeciesLaniarius funebris (Slate-colored Boubou)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Mikumi National Park

2 Verified records at Mikumi 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 Mikumi National Park

Laniarius major

Laniarius sublacteus

Tchagra senegalus

Dryoscopus cubla

Malaconotus blanchoti

Nilaus afer

Tchagra australis

Dicrurus adsimilis

Cecropis abyssinica

Plocepasser mahali

Uraeginthus angolensis

40–50% · Likely

Pycnonotus barbatus

40–50% · Likely

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📅 Monthly Probability

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

☀️ When They're Spotted

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

☀️Diurnal

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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Slate-colored Boubou

Closest Relatives at Mikumi National Park

Tropical Boubou

Zanzibar Boubou

Black-crowned Tchagra

Black-backed Puffback

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Brubru

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Fork-tailed Drongo

Lesser Striped-Swallow

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Blue-breasted Cordonbleu

Common Bulbul

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found