The white-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
| White-crested helmetshrike | |
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| Subspecies P. p. talacoma in the Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Vangidae |
| Genus: | Prionops |
| Species: | P. plumatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809)
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Distribution and habitat edit
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Behaviour edit
It is a gregarious bird and is found in small, active parties that are always on the move as they forage among the foliage or on the ground. They chatter noisily to one another as they move through their territory.[2]
Gallery edit
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![P. p. cristatus at Lake Nakuru ― curly-crested and closed wings largely black[3]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/White-crested_Helmet-Shrike.jpg/120px-White-crested_Helmet-Shrike.jpg)
P. p. cristatus at Lake Nakuru ― curly-crested and closed wings largely black[3] -
Prionops plumatus talacoma in South Africa
![P. p. cristatus at Lake Nakuru ― curly-crested and closed wings largely black[3]](/wiki/File:White-crested_Helmet-Shrike.jpg)
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prionops plumatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707753A94136454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707753A94136454.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Kenya Birds
- ^ Zimmerman, Dale A.; et al. (1999). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton University Press. pp. 222, 605. ISBN 0691010226.
External links edit
- (White-crested helmetshrike = ) White helmetshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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