Bushshrikes

Black-headed Gonolek

Laniarius erythrogaster

The Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster) is a 49 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Bushshrikes

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

49 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Chad, S. Sudan, Cameroon, Sudan.

Where to see it: Holy Trinity Peace Village (Kuron) (South Sudan); Water hole and forest near Rajaf (South Sudan); Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park (Rwanda); Virunga NP · Lulimbi station (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Bor (South Sudan).

Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist