Species profile
Papyrus Gonolek
Laniarius mufumbiri
Quick answer
Papyrus swamps of Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
- Scientific name
- Laniarius mufumbiri
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Laniarius
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Related species in Malaconotidae
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
- Bocage's Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
- Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni)
- Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)