Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Gabela Bushshrike (Laniarius amboimensis), recorded as Endangered
Gabela Bushshrike (Laniarius amboimensis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Gabela Bushshrike

Laniarius amboimensis

The Gabela bushshrike or Amboim bushshrike is a bird in the family Malaconotidae.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Laniarius amboimensis
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Malaconotidae · Laniarius

The perching bird

Gabela Bushshrike is a perching bird in the family Malaconotidae (order Passeriformes) — Laniarius amboimensis.

Range and habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Gabela Bushshrike is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Gabela Bushshrike, Wikidata item Q1314563. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni), recorded as EndangeredEN

Braun's Bushshrike

Laniarius brauni
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Gabela Bushshrike?
Gabela Bushshrike is a perching bird in the family Malaconotidae (order Passeriformes) — Laniarius amboimensis.
What is the conservation status of Gabela Bushshrike?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Laniarius amboimensis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Gabela Bushshrike live?
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Why is Gabela Bushshrike in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Laniarius amboimensis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Gabela Bushshrike a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.