Helmet-shrikes (Prionopidae)
White-crested Helmet-shrike (Prionops plumatus) - HBW 14, p. 136
French: Bagadais casqué
German: Weißschopf-Brillenwürger
Spanish: Prionopo Crestiblanco
Other common names: White/Common/Long-crested Helmet-shrike; Straight-crested Helmet-shrike (plumatus); Curly-crested Helmet-shrike (cristatus); Southern/Smith's Helmet-shrike (poliocephalus)
Taxonomy: Lanius plumatus Shaw, 1809, Senegal.
Forms a superspecies with P. poliolophus, and P. alberti possibly part of same group. Other proposed races are adamauae (described from Kontcha, in NC Cameroon), synonymized with concinnatus; melanopterus (from Fer Liban, in SE Ethiopia), synonymized with vinaceigularis; and angolicus (from Malanje, in N Angola), synonymized with poliocephalus. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- plumatus ( Shaw, 1809) - Senegal E to N Cameroon.
- concinnatus Sundevall, 1850 - C Cameroon E to C & SW Sudan, NW Ethiopia, NE DRCongo and N Uganda.
- cristatus Rüppell, 1836 - Eritrea, N, W & C Ethiopia, SE Sudan, E Uganda and NW Kenya.
- plumatus ( Shaw, 1809) - Senegal E to N Cameroon.
- concinnatus Sundevall, 1850 - C Cameroon E to C & SW Sudan, NW Ethiopia, NE DRCongo and N Uganda.
- cristatus Rüppell, 1836 - Eritrea, N, W & C Ethiopia, SE Sudan, E Uganda and NW Kenya.
- vinaceigularis Richmond, 1897 - Somalia, E & S Ethiopia, N & E Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- poliocephalus ( Stanley, 1814) - S Uganda and C & S Kenya S to SE DRCongo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and NE South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair taking nest material from a tree trunk Locality Yundum, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp plumatus)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 October 2005 5 years ago 8 sec 4.3 -
Lateral view of a perched bird Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Sof Omar, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp vinaceigularis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2005 7 years ago 25 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, singing and flying away Locality Abijatta-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia (ssp vinaceigularis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 December 2005 6 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
3 shots Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 18 sec 4.2 -
A bird on the ground Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2008 2 years ago 25 sec 3.8
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Adult
Locality Tendaba Airfield, Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (ssp plumatus)
Paul Cools 5 July 2012 25 weeks ago 4.4 -
portrait
Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp vinaceigularis)
Nik Borrow 24 November 2012 21 weeks ago 4.3 -
had a chance to see this beautifull bird
Locality Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda (ssp cristatus)
Jacek Nalepa 13 November 2012 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
perching on branch
Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 17 July 2009 22 weeks ago 4 -
a bird perched on a branch
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 4 November 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Adult perched
Locality Pinselli Forest, Mamou Region, Guinea (ssp plumatus)
Nik Borrow 19 October 2011 1 year ago 3.8
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