Red-billed helmetshrike
Red-billed helmetshrike | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Vangidae |
Genus: | Prionops |
Species: | P. caniceps
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Binomial name | |
Prionops caniceps (Bonaparte, 1850)
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The red-billed helmetshrike or chestnut-bellied helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) is a species of bird in the Vanga family, Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
It is found in West Africa, occurring in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo. In Central Africa it is replaced by the rufous-bellied helmet-shrike (P. rufiventris) which is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Prionops caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22730676A112332781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22730676A112332781.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- African Bird Club (2008) ABC African Checklist: Passerines Accessed 20/08/08.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Prionops
- Birds of West Africa
- Birds described in 1850
- Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
- Corvoidea stubs