Prionops
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The typical helmetshrikes, Prionops, form a bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 in the helmetshrike family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Prionopidae. They were for long usually included in the Malaconotidae.
They contains the following species:
  • Yellow-crested Helmet-shrike
    Yellow-crested Helmet-shrike
    The Yellow-crested Helmet-shrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo....

     (Prionops alberti)
  • Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike
    Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike
    The Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike or Red-billed Helmetshrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae....

     (Prionops caniceps)
  • Gabela Helmet-shrike
    Gabela Helmet-shrike
    The Gabela Helmet-shrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.It is endemic to Angola....

     (Prionops gabela)
  • White Helmetshrike
    White Helmetshrike
    The White-crested Helmetshrike , also known as the White Helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.-Distribution and habitat:...

     (Prionops plumatus)
  • Grey-crested Helmet-shrike
    Grey-crested Helmet-shrike
    The Grey-crested Helmet-shrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.It is found in Kenya and Tanzania....

     (Prionops poliolophus)
  • Retz's Helmetshrike
    Retz's Helmetshrike
    The Retz's Helmetshrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae....

     (Prionops retzii)
  • Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
    Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
    The Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe....

    (Prionops scopifrons)
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