Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike

Species of bird

Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike
Subspecies kirki in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Coastal Kenya
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Prionops
Species:
P. scopifrons
Binomial name
Prionops scopifrons
(Peters, 1854)

The chestnut-fronted helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons) is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.

It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland found around the equator.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Prionops scopifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22707801A118745716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22707801A118745716.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prionops scopifrons.
  • Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Taxon identifiers
Prionops scopifrons


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