#prionops

[herpsandbirds]

White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), family Vangidae, found throughout much of Africa

Photograph by ASalfa Deri

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[2285/11080] Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike - Prionops scopifrons

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Malaconotoidea Family: Vangidae (vangas) Genus: Prionops (helmetshrikes)

Photo credit: Zak Pohlen via Macaulay Library

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March 12, 2024 - Red-billed Helmetshrike or Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) Found in parts of western Africa, these helmetshrikes live in and around forests, often near water. Foraging in small groups and joining mixed-species flocks, they eat insects, spiders, fruit, and seeds, capturing their prey in flight and picking it from leaves and twigs. Though their breeding habits are not known in detail, they build compact cup-shaped nests in trees, probably breed cooperatively, and may may raise two broods in a season.

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A new variant has been added!

Retz's Helmetshrike (Prionops retzii) © Russ Hoverman

It hatches from arid, black, brown, coastal, complex, gregarious, mature, nasal, orange, other, red, white, and woodland eggs.

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White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus) in Senegal by ASalafa Deri.

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First Known Photos of ‘Lost Bird’ Captured by University of Texas Scientists

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First Known Photos of ‘Lost Bird’ Captured by University of Texas Scientists

The first-ever photograph of Yellow-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops alberti) Credit: Matt Brady / The University of Texas at El Paso For the first time, scientists have captured photos of a bird in Africa that was unseen for nearly twenty years. Known as the Yellow-crested Helmetshrike, the species had been listed as a ‘lost bird’ by the […]

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Une expédition de scientifiques a retrouvé un « oiseau perdu » il y a des décennies

La pie-grièche casquée à huppe jaune (Prionops alberti) n’avait pas été observée depuis près de deux décennies. D’où son classement par l’American Bird Conservancy comme « oiseau perdu »

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Prionops caniceps by anna pang

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White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)

© Leon Molenaar

[herpsandbirds]

Yellow-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops alberti), family Vangidae, order Passeriformes,  Itombwe Massif, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is the first photograph of this bird (taken recently as part of a survey in the DR Congo (January, 2024).

This bird is rarely seen, and had not been spotted by scientists for about 20 years.

18 birds were found at 3 sites in DR of Congo.

photograph by Matt Brady / The University of Texas at El Paso

Read about the exciting find, here:

https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/2024/february/first-known-photos-of-lost-bird-captured-by-utep-scientists.html

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White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)

© Leon Molenaar

[birdstudies]

August 23, 2023 - Retz's Helmetshrike (Prionops retzii) These helmetshrikes are found in woodlands, often near rivers, forests, thickets, scrub, and mangroves across parts of southern and eastern Africa. They feed on insects, such as beetles, butterflies, and termites, as well as spiders and small reptiles, foraging in flocks. Breeding pairs are usually assisted by other males and females, likely the pair’s siblings. The groups build shallow cup-shaped nests from lichen, leaf stems, grass, and thin bark, held together with spiderwebs. All group members incubate the eggs and care for the chicks.

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A new variant has been added!

Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) © Niall Perrins

It hatches from attractive, black, bright, complex, eastern, humid, mid, other, red, small, unusual, and white eggs.

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White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)

© Leon Molenaar