Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Laniarius barbarus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The yellow-crowned gonolek, also known as the common gonolek, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the bushshrike family. It is a common resident breeding bird in equatorial Africa from Senegal and Democratic Republic of Congo east to Ethiopia. It is a skulking bird and frequents dense undergrowth in forests and other wooded habitats. The nest is a cup structure in a bush or tree in which two eggs are laid.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Genus
- Laniarius