Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809) is a animal in the Prionopidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809)

Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809)

Prionops plumatus, the white-crested helmetshrike, is a passerine bird found across much of sub-Saharan Africa in dry forest and savanna habitats.

Family
Genus
Prionops
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809)

The white-crested helmetshrike, with the scientific name Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809), is also commonly called the white helmetshrike. It is a species of passerine bird that belongs to the vanga family Vangidae; it was formerly usually classified within the family Malaconotidae. This bird can be found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Photo: (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carmelo López Abad · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Prionopidae Prionops

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