What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Slate-colored Boubou been recorded?

Laniarius funebris occurrence evidence comes from 126 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1906 to 2026. Most records come from Kenya.

Slate-colored Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou — Photo (display-sized rendition): D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesMalaconotidaeLaniarius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

126 records across 6 countries and territories, 1906–2026.

Laniarius funebris · GBIF taxon key 2484861

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: June. 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.

Records over time

19062026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Slate-colored Boubou has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Slate-colored Boubou. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Kenya 77
Tanzania 34
Ethiopia 7
Uganda 5
Somalia 2
Burundi 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.