Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
About the Yellow-crowned Gonolek
The yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus), 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 62 recordings for this species: 15 CC BY-NC-SA · 8 CC BY-NC-ND. 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.
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Listed as recorded in Ghana, Senegal 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.