Red-billed helmetshrike

Red-billed helmetshrike

Chestnut-bellied helmetshrike

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Prionops caniceps

The red-billed helmetshrike or chestnut-bellied helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps ) is a species of bird in the Vanga family, Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.

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It is found in West Africa, occurring in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo. In Central Africa it is replaced by the rufous-bellied helmet-shrike (P. rufiventris ) which is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

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References

1. Red-billed helmetshrike Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_helmetshrike
2. Red-billed helmetshrike on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22730676/112332781
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/400439

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