Red-billed Helmetshrike
Prionops caniceps(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Red-billed Helmetshrike
The Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) 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.
- Scientific name
- Prionops caniceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-billed Helmetshrike
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Prionops caniceps caniceps
- Prionops caniceps harterti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sigmodus caniceps
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- West Africa = Boutry [Butre] River, Gold Coast (see Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Orn. Westafr., [Bremen], p. 105].
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.365
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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