Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster(Cretzschmar, PJ, 1829)
English (US) Black-headed Gonolek
The Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Malaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: acacia of Nigeria to Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and northwestern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Laniarius erythrogaster
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lanius erythrogaster
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1829)
- Type locality
- Kordofan, Sennaar.
- Original description
- Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung. Zoologie. Vögel (1826) p.43 pl.29
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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