| Monteiro's bushshrike | |
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Malaconotus |
| Species: | M. monteiri |
| Binomial name | |
| Malaconotus monteiri (Sharpe, 1870) | |
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| Synonyms | |
Laniarius monteiriSharpe, 1870 | |
Monteiro's bushshrike (Malaconotus monteiri) is a species of bird in the bush-shrike family (Malaconotidae).
Two described subspecies: nominate Malaconotus m. monteiri (Shape, 1870) described from Angola, and M. m. perspicillatus (Reichenow, 1894) known from only a single specimen in Cameroon. [2] Subspecies perspicillatus differs from the nominate in having a larger bill and paler undersides. [2]
Presumed to be closely related to other Malaconotus, and has been considered conspecific with both gray-headed bushshrike M. blanchoti and fiery-breasted bushshrike M. cruentus in the past. [2] Cameroonian M. m. perspicillatus has also been theorized to be a color morph of the green-breasted bushshrike. [2] The specific phylogenetic relationships of M. monteiri are, as of yet, unknown.
It is found in Angola and Cameroon, with a historical record from the Albertine Rift of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and a lost specimen from Kakamega Forest, Kenya. [2]
This species' habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. In Angola, the nominate subspecies is found primarily along the Angolan Escarpment, with a distribution mirroring that of other Angolan endemic taxa. [3]
This species is largely unknown outside of Angola. Cameroonian birds are described as the subspecies Malaconotus monteiri perspicillatus based on a single specimen from Mt. Cameroon in 1894. [2] The subspecies of records in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya has not been confirmed, though the Congolese record has tentatively assigned to perspicillatus in the past. [2] There are scattered sightings of reported individuals in other mountain ranges in western Cameroon (namely, Mt. Kupé and the nearby Bakossi Mountains), though these records are usually considered unconfirmed. [2]
It is probably threatened by habitat loss like other birds in its range, but its actual status remains unknown due to its elusiveness.
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