Crimson-breasted Shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus)
About the Crimson-breasted Shrike
The crimson-breasted shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus) or the crimson-breasted gonolek, ('gonolek' - supposedly imitative of its call), or the crimson-breasted boubou, is a southern African bird. It has black upper parts with a white flash on the wing, and bright scarlet underparts. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as a "least-concern species".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 83 recordings for this species: 13 CC BY-NC-ND · 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogasterrecording
- East Coast BoubouLaniarius sublacteusrecording
- Fülleborn's BoubouLaniarius fuellebornirecording
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius majorrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.