Red-naped bushshrike

The red-naped bushshrike or red-naped boubou (Laniarius ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is native to the dry lowlands of the eastern Afrotropics.

Range and habitat
It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, under 1000 m above sea level.

Habits
It is a shy and skulking bird, that forages on the ground and in the lower strata of dense thickets and thornbush. It sings just after sunrise from a bushtop. They have various harsh and repetitive calls, which includes dueting.

Subspecies
There are three accepted subspecies:
 * L. r. ruficeps (Shelley, 1885) – northern Somalia
 * Description: Crown to hindneck bright orange-rufous to rufous-red, forecrown black


 * L. r. rufinuchalis (Sharpe, 1895) – Ethiopia, central Somalia and Kenya
 * Description: Forecrown black


 * L. r. kismayensis (Erlanger, 1901) – coastal Somalia and Kiunga, Kenya
 * Description: Forecrown orange-red