Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Sego Safari Lodge, upper Kerio Valley, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya. Dec. 2014.
Even a brief glimpse of this bird is enough to make a positive identification. I'll get a better picture next time. The heavy bill serves the diet of insects and occasionally small snakes and lizards. Likely to be found in acacia scrub and edges of cultivated gardens/farms.
Malaconotidae -- Bush-shrike Family
Printed Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe