descriptionBell-shrikes or bellbirds, members of the African genus Laniarius, also of the bush-shrike group, often have names imitative of the males’ notes: boubou and gonolek. They are about 20 cm (8 inches) long, plain-coloured, often with a slash of white on the wings. All black forms include the sooty boubou ( L. leucorhynchus). Black and white, with red-tinged underparts, is the tropical...Certain shrikes are called bellbirds or bell-shrikes; these and all the bellbirds belong to the order of perching birds, Passeriformes.
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