Grey-crested helmetshrike

Grey-crested helmetshrike
	In Tanzania
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vangidae
Genus:	Prionops
Species:	P. poliolophus
Binomial name
	Prionops poliolophus; Fischer & Reichenow, 1884

The gray-crested helmetshrike (Prionops poliolophus) is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.

It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It has a clutch size of one egg.^[2]

Gallery

At Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Illustration with Prionops rufiventris

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prionops poliolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707760A94136849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707760A94136849.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Fenner, Daniel B.; Walsh, Maureen G.; Winkelman, Dana L., eds. (2004), Propagated Fish in Resource Management, American Fisheries Society, doi:10.47886/9781888569698.ch39, ISBN 978-1-888569-69-8

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[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Prionops poliolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707760A94136849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707760A94136849.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

[2] Fenner, Daniel B.; Walsh, Maureen G.; Winkelman, Dana L., eds. (2004), Propagated Fish in Resource Management, American Fisheries Society, doi:10.47886/9781888569698.ch39, ISBN 978-1-888569-69-8

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