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Red-billed helmetshrike

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.

Red-billed helmetshrike
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Prionops
Species:
P. caniceps
Binomial name
Prionops caniceps
(Bonaparte, 1850)

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 edit

  1. ^ 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.

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