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The yellow-crowned gonolek is 22 cm (8.7 in) long with a long tail and short wings. The adult is a vividly-coloured bird, although easily overlooked as it lurks in undergrowth. It has solidly black upper parts apart from its golden crown, and scarlet underparts other than a buff-yellow undertail. The legs are dark. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are paler and duller.
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When to see the Yellow-crowned Gonolek
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-crowned Gonolek
The map shades 15 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-crowned Gonolek
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.
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Easily confused with
Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogasterThe black-headed gonolek is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.
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.
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