- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
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Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Subspecies kirki in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Coastal Kenya Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Prionopidae Genus: Prionops Species: P. scopifrons Binomial name Prionops scopifrons
(Peters, 1854)The Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons) is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, 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
- BirdLife International 2004. Prionops scopifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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