Grey-crested helmetshrike
Grey-crested helmetshrike | |
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At Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Vangidae |
Genus: | Prionops |
Species: | P. poliolophus
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Binomial name | |
Prionops poliolophus Fischer & Reichenow, 1884
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The grey-crested helmetshrike (Prionops poliolophus) is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prionops poliolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707760A94136849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707760A94136849.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Prionops
- Birds of East Africa
- Birds described in 1884
- Taxa named by Gustav Fischer
- Corvoidea stubs