Species profile
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Quick answer
Acacia of Nigeria to Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and nw Tanzania
- Scientific name
- Laniarius erythrogaster
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Laniarius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black-headed Gonolek in your journal
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Related species in Malaconotidae
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
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- Bocage's Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
- Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni)
- Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)
- Brubru (Nilaus afer)