Gray-crested Helmetshrike

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.

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Original source: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, ScotlandCamera location
Author: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, ScotlandCamera location

The Gray-crested Helmetshrike is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

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Prionops poliolophus Gray-crested Helmetshrike* NA 3 in open acacia bush, grey crest seen well Dicrurus ludwigii Square-tailed Drongo KK Dicrurus adsimilis Fork-tailed Drongo X Corvus capensis Cape Crow X Corvus albus Pied Crow X Corvus rhipidurus Fan-tailed Raven X Creatophora cinerea Wattled Starling SA Lamprotornis chalybaeus Greater Blue-eared Glossy-StarX Lamprotornis purpuroptera Rueppell's Glossy-Starling* BA best seen at feeder of lodge, next to restaurant Lamprotornis superbus Superb Starling X Lamprotornis hildebrandti Hildebrandt's More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Malaconotidae
Genus : Prionops
Species : poliolophus
Authority : Fischer & Reichenow, 1884