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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Lateral view of a perched bird Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
3 shots Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 18 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Sof Omar, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp vinaceigularis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2005 6 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 5 years ago 14 sec 4.3 -
A pair taking nest material from a tree trunk Locality Yundum, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp plumatus)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 October 2005 4 years ago 8 sec 4.1 -
Three birds drinking from a puddle Locality Ruacana, Omusati Region, Namibia (ssp angolica)
Keith Blomerley 16 January 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 3.7
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a bird perched on a branch
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 4 November 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Adult perched
Locality Pinselli Forest, Mamou Region, Guinea (ssp plumatus)
Nik Borrow 19 October 2011 19 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult bird
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp plumatus)
Steve Garvie 10 December 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
Bird perching in dry savanna forest; ca. 69 road km south of Negele Borena.
Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 17 July 2009 16 weeks ago 3.6 -
An adult perched on a branch.
Locality The Gambia
Frank Derriks 12 November 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Individual, part of a small group of 8/10 birds, sitting on a yellow fever acacia tree
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Bruno Schmetz 18 September 2007 3 years ago 3.5
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