Grey-crested helmetshrike
Species of bird
Grey-crested helmetshrike | |
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At Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya | |
Conservation status | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[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]
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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