Listen to the Tropical boubou
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About the Tropical boubou
The Tropical boubou is a bird in the family Malaconotidae (order Passeriformes).
What does the Tropical boubou sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The tropical boubou or bell shrike (Laniarius aethiopicus) is a medium-sized passerine bird of sub-Saharan Africa. This very diverse "species" with its numerous subspecies and morphs has since long posed a taxonomic problem, and recent research suggests it is a cryptic species complex that has now been split into several species.
Related birds in the genus Laniarius
More from the family Malaconotidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Tropical boubou sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Tropical boubou on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
What family does the Tropical boubou belong to?
The Tropical boubou (Laniarius major) belongs to the family Malaconotidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Nakuru County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q16069857 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Tropical boubou – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa – CC BY 2.0