Yellow-crested Helmetshrike
Prionops albertiSchouteden, H, 1933
English (US) Yellow-crested Helmetshrike
The Yellow-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops alberti) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Vangidae (Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: montane forest of east-central Democratic Republic of the Congo and (?) adjacent southwestern UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prionops alberti
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Yellow-crested Helmetshrike
- Described by
- Schouteden, H, 1933
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Schouteden, H, 1933
- Type locality
- summit of Mt. Mikeno, 4,400 m., Kivu District.
- Original description
- Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 24 p.211
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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