The chestnut-fronted helmetshrike (''Prionops scopifrons'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the Vanga
family
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Vangidae, formerly usually included in the
Malaconotidae.
It is found in
Kenya
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Mozambique
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Somalia
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
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Tanzania
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, and
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
. Its natural
habitat
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s are subtropical or tropical dry
forest
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s, subtropical or tropical dry
shrubland
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, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland found around the equator.
References
External links
* Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
chestnut-fronted helmetshrike
The chestnut-fronted helmetshrike (''Prionops scopifrons'') is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its ...
Birds of East Africa
chestnut-fronted helmetshrike
The chestnut-fronted helmetshrike (''Prionops scopifrons'') is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its ...
chestnut-fronted helmetshrike
The chestnut-fronted helmetshrike (''Prionops scopifrons'') is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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