Black-headed Gonolek / Laniarius erythrogaster
WBN 
Black-headed Gonolek
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lanius erythrogaster AtlasReis.nord.Afr.Vog.[Ruppell](1826) -1826 p.43 pl.29
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Laniarius
Taxonomy Code: blhgon1
Type Locality: Kordofan, Sennaar.
Author: Cretzschmar
Publish Year: 1829
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LANIARIUS
(Malaconotidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Gonolek L. barbarus) Genus Lanius Linnaeus, 1758, shrike; "128. GONOLEK, Laniarius. Lanius, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec nu à la base, un peu grêle, convexe en dessus, droit, comprimé; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. — Ailes à penne bâtarde; le deuxe. remige la plus longue. Esp. Gonolek, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Laniarius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 41. Type, by monotypy, "Gonolek" Buffon = Lanius barbarus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 326).
Var. Lanairius, Lanarius, Lanirius.
Synon. Diplophoneus, Pelecinius, Rhynchastatus, Thamnocataphus.
erythrogaster / erythrogastra / erythrogastrus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
● ex “Martins-pecheurs du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 356, fig. 2 (syn. Alcedo cristata).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 1 (Hirundo).
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Lamprotornis pulcher).
● ex “Red-bellied Flycatcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Petroica multicolor).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
