Gabela Helmet-shrike

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Gabela Helmet-shrike
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Prionopidae Genus: Prionops Species: P. gabela
Binomial name
Prionops gabela Rand, 1957

The Gabela Helmet-shrike (Prionops gabela) is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.

It is endemic to Angola.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Prionops gabela. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 13 September 2007..

[edit] External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.