Prionops
| Prionops | |
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| White-crested helmetshrike Prionops plumatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Prionopidae |
| Genus: | Prionops Vieillot, 1816 |
The typical helmetshrikes, Prionops, form a bird genus in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae. They were for long usually included in the Malaconotidae. They contains the following species:
- Yellow-crested helmetshrike (Prionops alberti)
- Red-billed helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps)
- Rufous-bellied helmetshrike (Prionops rufiventris)
- Gabela helmetshrike (Prionops gabela)
- White-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)
- Grey-crested helmetshrike (Prionops poliolophus)
- Retz's helmetshrike (Prionops retzii)
- Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons)