Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Laniidae > Lanius > Lanius souzaeLanius souzae (Souza's Shrike)The Souza's shrike (Lanius souzae) is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. It was named after J.A. de Souza, a 19th-century Portuguese zoologist. It occurs in the dry savannas of central Africa, and ranges from Angola to Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.43794 EDGE Score: 1.6934 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 26 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 2.9 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 90 % | | Diet - Vertibrates [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 50 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 50 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 4 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Angolan Miombo woodlands |
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands |
Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Katavi National Park |
II |
1054210 |
Tanzania |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Burigi: Biharamulo Game Reserves |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Caconda |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cangandala National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Chimfunshi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Chisamba |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Chitunta plain |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Cuelei |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Dzalanyama Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Furancungo woodlands |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Hillwood |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Jimbe drainage |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kalungwishi |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasanka National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasungu National Park |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Kundelungu National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Lavushi Manda National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Liuwa Plain National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Luando Strict Nature Reserve |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Lukususi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Marungu highlands |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A3 |
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Minyanya Plain |
Zambia |
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Mount Moco |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mutinondo Wilderness |
Zambia |
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Namizimu Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nkanga river conservation area |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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North Swaka |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Quiçama |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Shiwa Ng'andu |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Sioma Ngwezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Source of the Zambezi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ufipa plateau |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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Umalila Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Upemba National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A3 |
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West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Wonder Gorge |
Zambia |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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