Red-billed helmetshrike
The red-billed helmetshrike or chestnut-bellied helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family, Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- BirdLife International (2012). "Prionops caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- African Bird Club (2008) ABC African Checklist: Passerines Accessed 20/08/08.
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