Red-billed helmetshrike
| Red-billed helmetshrike | |
|---|---|
 | |
| P. c. mentalis (below) with Prionops poliolophus | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Prionopidae |
| Genus: | Prionops |
| Species: | P. caniceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Prionops caniceps (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
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.
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 forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Prionops caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- African Bird Club (2008) ABC African Checklist: Passerines Accessed 20/08/08.