White-crested Helmetshrike
Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809)
Vangidae — Vangas & Allies
White-crested Helmetshrike, Prionops plumatus, is a passerine bird in the Vangidae family and breeds widely across Africa. It occurs in a broad spread of countries from Angola and Benin to Zimbabwe, and uses dry forest, dry savanna, moist savanna and dry shrubland. It is a gregarious bird, usually seen in small, lively groups that keep moving while feeding among leaves or on the ground. These parties stay in contact with one another as they travel through their territory.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vangidae — Vangas & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: widespread
