White-crested Helmetshrike

Prionops plumatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestSmall · 34 g

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

Regular rangeRare visitor

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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