
Helmetshrikes
Prionops
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:
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

White-crested Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops plumatus

Retz's Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops retzii

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops scopifrons

Red-billed Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops caniceps

Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops rufiventris

Gray-crested Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops poliolophus

Gabela Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops gabela

Yellow-crested Helmetshrike
speciesPrionops alberti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71740.