Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus) - HBW 14, p. 111
French: Gonolek de Barbarie
German: Goldscheitelwürger
Spanish: Bubú Coronigualdo
Other common names: Common Gonolek/Boubou/Shrike, Barbary Shrike; Sierra Leone Gonolek (helenae)
Taxonomy: Lanius barbarus Linnaeus, 1766, Senegal.
Was formerly held to compose a superspecies with L. atrococcineus, L. erythrogaster and L. mufumbiri, some authors including L. atroflavus in this group. Recent molecular-genetic studies indicate that this species is sufficiently closely related to L. erythrogaster for the two to be regarded as a superspecies, that L. mufumbiri and L. atroflavus are a sister-group in same lineage, and that the four are only distantly related to L. atrococcineus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- barbarus ( Linnaeus, 1766) - S Mauritania (mainly in Senegal valley, but N to Tagant area), Senegambia and NW Guinea E to C Mali and S Niger, and S Chad, S to Liberia (Monrovia and Congo Town lagoon), N & S Ivory Coast, Togo and Benin, N, C & extreme SW Nigeria and N Cameroon.
- helenae Kelsall, 1913 - Sierra Leone coast from near Guinea border S to Bonthe.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Many sights Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal
Pascal Vagner 1 April 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A juvenile bird begging for food to an adult Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia
Dave Jackson 19 November 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 4.1 -
calling bird,coming to playback Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp barbarus)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 35 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A bird moving on a tree Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp barbarus)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 3.7 -
An adult male calling in the deep cover and foraging Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia
Dave Jackson 18 November 2006 4 years ago 23 sec 3.6
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Yellow-crowned Gonolek perched in a Red Mangrove.
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp barbarus)
Steve Garvie 6 December 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
adult
Locality Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Hervé MICHEL 1 January 2006 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult bird at a feeder.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 3
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