Laniarius are throughout Africa and known as "Boubou" and "Bushshrike".
Laniarius is a genus of brightly coloured, carnivorous passerine birds commonly known as boubous or gonoleks. Luhder's bushshrike Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Braun's bushshrike Angola Black boubou Somalia and northern Kenya. Ethiopian boubou Eritrea, Ethiopia, northwest Somalia, and northern Kenya. 
