Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps)

Other Names (World)
Red-billed Helmetshrike, Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike, Red-billed Shrike, Red-billed Helmet-shrike, Western Helmet-shrike

Family
Vangidae (Vangas And Allies)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From sea-level - 1,450 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cote dIvoire, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) [XC719445]
by Alain Verneau from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (call)

Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) [XC641588]
by Paul Lenrum\u00e9 from Parc National de la For\u00eat du Banco, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (call)

Subspecies
Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) and Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike (Prionops rufiventris) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Prionops caniceps following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Forms a superspecies, and often considered conspecific, with Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike (Prionops rufiventris).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

caniceps (Bonaparte, 1850) - South-western Mali (including Mandingues Mts), Guinea and Sierra Leone east to Ghana and southern Togo.
harterti (Neumann, 1908) - Benin, Nigeria and western Cameroon.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) - 10 files

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