Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike

Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Prionopidae
Genus:	Prionops
Species:	P. caniceps
Binomial name
Prionops caniceps (Bonaparte, 1850)

The Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike or Red-billed 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

• African Bird Club (2008) ABC African Checklist: Passerines Accessed 20/08/08.
• BirdLife International 2004. Prionops caniceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

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