Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris] (Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike)

Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike

Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris] (= Prionops caniceps) (Bonaparte, CLJL 1850)

The red-billed helmetshrike or chestnut-bellied helmetshrike is a species of bird in the Vanga family, Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Vangidae
Genus:
   Prionops
Scientific:
  Prionops caniceps

Original description

Citation:
(Bonaparte, CLJL 1850)

Reference:
Conspect. Gen. Avium 1 p.365

Protonym:
Sigmodus caniceps

Type locality:
West Africa = Boutry [Butre] River, Gold Coast (see Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Orn. Westafr., [Bremen], p. 105].

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560552

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
0A1D819182D96C51

Avibase ID:
avibase-0A1D8191

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0A1D8191

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562463

Geographic range:

Prionops caniceps caniceps: Guinea and Mali to Togo
Prionops caniceps harterti: Benin to w Cameroon
Prionops rufiventris rufiventris: S Cameroon and Cent. African Rep. to Congo and nw Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prionops rufiventris mentalis: Central and nw Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike
French:
Bagadais à bec rouge ou B. à ventre roux

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Chestnut-bellied or Gabon Helmetshrike ( Prionops [caniceps or rufiventris])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Red-billed Helmet-Shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Red-billed Helmet-Shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-billed Shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-billed Shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-billed Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-billed Helmet-shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-billed Helmet-Shrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Prionops caniceps [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Prionops caniceps [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Prionops caniceps [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike ( Prionops caniceps) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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