Southern Boubou

• Its duets are among the most precise known in the animal kingdom: the female answers the male's note in less than a tenth of a second, and the coordination is so exact that a human listener hears a single voice.
• Each pair develops its own repertoire of duets, which changes over the years and works as an acoustic signature of the territory.
• If one of the pair dies, the survivor goes on singing its own part of the duet, leaving the gap where the answer no longer comes.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Dense scrub, understorey, gallery forest and gardens of southern Africa

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

16 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_boubou

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.