Black-headed Gonolek

What the Black-headed Gonolek sounds like

Recorded by Anne Ndung'u · Call · Kisumu, Kisumu County, Kenya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Black-headed Gonolek

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-headed Gonolek

The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Burundi.

About the Black-headed Gonolek

The black-headed gonolek is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in the African countries of Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarusThe yellow-crowned gonolek is 22 cm (8.7 in) long with a long tail and short wings. Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebrisThe slate-colored boubou or slate-coloured boubou is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicusThe Ethiopian boubou is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.