Crimson-breasted shrike

Crimson-breasted shrike
Adult bird at Pilanesberg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Laniarius
Species:
L. atrococcineus
Binomial name
Laniarius atrococcineus
(Burchell, 1822)
Adult feeding a juvenile at the Auob River in the Kgalagadi

The crimson-breasted shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus) or the crimson-breasted gonolek, ('gonolek' - supposedly imitative of its call),[2] 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".[1]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Laniarius atrococcineus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707586A94130782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707586A94130782.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Shrike". Universalium. Academic. Retrieved 29 October 2016.