The Gabela Helmetshrike is an Angolan helmetshrike. Its black head and red bare facial skin are conspicuous, and it searches for invertebrates in moist woodland and thickets.
The head is black and the back and breast are gray. A white wingbar contrasts with red bare skin around the eye, the red bill, and red legs.
It occurs in moist woodland, thickets, and trees in coffee-growing areas of western Angola. It is diurnal and feeds on invertebrates.
It is 17–18 cm long.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.