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Where does the Southern Boubou live?

Laniarius ferrugineus has 237,704 records in 26 countries and territories, from 1865 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Southern Boubou
Southern Boubou β€” Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (24 May 1875 – 4 August 1920) copied by Norman Lighton / Public domain Β· source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMalaconotidaeLaniarius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 231,028
Eswatini 3,308
Mozambique 2,214
Botswana 396
Kenya 252
DR Congo 112
Lesotho 98
Zimbabwe 84
Malawi 75
Tanzania 33
Rwanda 28
Zambia 18
Uganda 11
Ethiopia 9
Namibia 8
Burundi 6
CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 4
Nigeria 4
Congo 3
Gabon 3
Angola 2
Ghana 2
Somalia 2
Guinea-Bissau 1
Sudan 1
Chad 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.