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When to see the White-crested Helmetshrike
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-crested Helmetshrike
The map shades 30 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Somalia, South Sudan.
About the White-crested Helmetshrike
The white-crested helmetshrike, also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
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Easily confused with
Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retziiRetz's helmetshrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
Chestnut-fronted HelmetshrikePrionops scopifronsThe chestnut-fronted helmetshrike is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops canicepsThe red-billed helmetshrike or chestnut-bellied helmetshrike is a species of bird in the Vanga family, Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
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