Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bontroklaksman
Common Names in Czech:
Tuh
Common Names in Danish:
Brubru, Nilaus
Common Names in Dutch:
Broebroe
Common Names in English:
Angola Brubru, Brubru, Brubru Shrike
Common Names in French:
Brubru, Brubru Africain
Common Names in German:
Brubru, Brubruwürger
Common Names in Italian:
Averla Brubru
Common Names in Japanese:
Himeyabumozu, ヒメヤブモズ
Common Names in Latin:
Nilaus afer
Common Names in Norwegian:
Brubru
Common Names in Polish:
Dzierzbowik
Common Names in Portuguese:
Brubru
Common Names in Spanish:
Alcaud
Common Names in Swahili:
Kicheba Mbavu-Nyekundu
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,815 meters (0 to 9,236 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Malaconotidae
()
- Subfamily:
Malaconotinae
()
- Tribe:
Malaconotini
()
- Genus:
Nilaus
()
- Swainson 1827
- Specific name:
afer
- (Latham) 1802
- Scientific name: - Nilaus afer (Latham, 1801) (Latham) 1802
- Specific name:
afer
- (Latham) 1802
- Genus:
Nilaus
(
- Tribe:
Malaconotini
(
- Subfamily:
Malaconotinae
(
- Family:
Malaconotidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Nilaus afer (Latham, 1802)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Nilaus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. afer (Angola Brubru) · N. afer afer (Gray-Headed Paradise-Flycatcher) · N. afer affinis (Angola Brubru) · N. afer brubru (Southern Brubru) · N. afer camerunensis (Cameroon Brubru) · N. afer massaicus (Masai Brubru) · N. afer minor (Somaliland Brubru) · N. afer nigritemporalis (Black-Browed Brubru)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bird hunting on the White Nile; a naturalist's experiences in the Soudan. By Harry F. Witherby. London, The Office of "Knowledge", 1902. url p. 110, p. 110, p. 51, p. 51.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 497.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1970 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url fig. 20, fig. 32, p. 78.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 161.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 169.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 314.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 148, p. 290, p. 329, p. 414, p. 640, p. 641, p. 663, p. 671, p. 676, p. 686, p. 732, p. 766.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 128.
- Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 35.
- Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress. [Canberra, etc.]: Australian Academy of Science [etc.] url p. 483, p. 511, p. 536.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 924.
- Results of the Swedish zoological expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901, under the direction of L.A. Jägerskiöld. [Uppsala]Library of the Royal University of Uppsala[1904-11] url p. 4.
- Savage Sudan; its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life, by Abel Chapman. .. With 248 illustrations, chiefly from rough sketches by the author. London [etc.]: Gurney and Jackson, 1921. url p. 317, p. 447.
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 41.
- The Ibis. [London]: Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 311, p. 414, p. 693.
- The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region, by G.E. Shelley. .. London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.), 1896-1912. url p. 456, p. 457, p. 458, p. 460, p. 492, p. 494.
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 546.
- Types of birds in the Tring Museum. n. p., 1922? url .
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Nilaus afer. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4392
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561618
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14496081
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561618
- IUCN ID: 226862
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139409
Footnotes
- Mean = 895.730 meters (2,938.747 feet), Standard Deviation = 403.540 based on 4,956 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
