Southern Boubou

Here the details of the Southern Boubou named bird below:

SCI Name:  Laniarius ferrugineus
Protonym:  Lanius ferrugineus Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.306
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Laniarius
Taxonomy Code:  soubou1
Type Locality:  Cape of Good Hope.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1788
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LANIARIUS
(Malaconotidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Gonolek L. barbarus) Genus Lanius Linnaeus, 1758, shrike; "128. GONOLEK, Laniarius.  Lanius, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec nu à la base, un peu grêle, convexe en dessus, droit, comprimé; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. — Ailes à penne bâtarde; le deux^e. remige la plus longue.   Esp. Gonolek, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Laniarius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 41. Type, by monotypy, "Gonolek" Buffon = Lanius barbarus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 326).
Var. Lanairius, Lanarius, Lanirius.
Synon. Diplophoneus, Pelecinius, Rhynchastatus, Thamnocataphus.

ferrugineum / ferrugineus
L. ferrugineus  ferruginous, rusty  < ferrugo, ferruginis  iron rust  < ferrum  iron.
● ex “Perruche des Terres Magellaniques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 85 (Enicognathus).
● ex “Rusty Oriole” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).
● ex “Grande caille de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Hackled Partridge” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gallus gallus).
● ex “Ferrugineous-bellied Shrike” of Latham 1781 (Laniarius).
● ex “Merle à cravate de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 560, fig. 2 (Myrmoderus).
● ex “Red-breasted Rail” of Latham 1785 (unident. Rallus sp?).

SUBSPECIES

Southern Boubou (savensis)
SCI Name: Laniarius ferrugineus savensis
savensis
Sul do Save Province, Mozambique.

Southern Boubou (tongensis)
SCI Name: Laniarius ferrugineus tongensis
tongensis
Tonga, a people of Zululand (= KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa.

Southern Boubou (natalensis)
SCI Name: Laniarius ferrugineus natalensis
natalensis
Natal or Port Natal / Durban, South Africa (named Terra Natalis Land of the Holy Birth, by Vasco da Gama when his expedition sailed along the coast in December 1497).

Southern Boubou (pondoensis)
SCI Name: Laniarius ferrugineus pondoensis
pondoensis
Pondoland, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Southern Boubou (transvaalensis)
SCI Name: Laniarius ferrugineus transvaalensis
transvaalensis
Transvaal, South Africa (i.e. beyond the Vaal R.).

Southern Boubou (ferrugineus)
SCI Name: Laniarius ferrugineus ferrugineus
ferrugineum / ferrugineus
L. ferrugineus  ferruginous, rusty  < ferrugo, ferruginis  iron rust  < ferrum  iron.
● ex “Perruche des Terres Magellaniques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 85 (Enicognathus).
● ex “Rusty Oriole” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).
● ex “Grande caille de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Hackled Partridge” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gallus gallus).
● ex “Ferrugineous-bellied Shrike” of Latham 1781 (Laniarius).
● ex “Merle à cravate de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 560, fig. 2 (Myrmoderus).
● ex “Red-breasted Rail” of Latham 1785 (unident. Rallus sp?).