Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Yellow-crested Helmet Shrike, Yellow-crested helmet-shrike, Yellow-crested Helmetshrike
Common Names in French:
Bagadais du Roi Albert
Common Names in German:
Gelbschopf-Brillenwürger
Common Names in Japanese:
キンカンメガネモズ
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
The species is found in montane
forest
above 1,400 m
, being recorded
between 1,700 m and 1,900 m in Itombwe in flocks of 5-8 birds2
and between 1,770 m and 2,474 m in the Misotshi-Kabogo and Muganja
Hills
area in flocks of 3-8 birds5.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Malaconotidae
()
- Genus:
Prionops
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Specific name:
alberti
- Schouteden 1933
- Form:
sp; (in place)
- Scientific name: - Prionops alberti Schouteden, 1933 Schouteden 1933
- Form:
sp; (in place)
- Specific name:
alberti
- Schouteden 1933
- Genus:
Prionops
(
- Family:
Malaconotidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Schouteden, H. Un nouveau "Phyllogomphus" congolais
(Odonata, Gomphinae). Revue Zoologie Botanique Africaines 23
(3/4): 340-342., 1933.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Prionops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. alberti (Yellow-Crested Helmet Shrike) · P. caniceps (Northern Red-Billed Helmet Shrike) · P. caniceps caniceps (Chestnut-Bellied Helmet-Shrike) · P. gabela (Rand's Red-Billed Helmet Shrike) · P. plumata (Long-Crested Helmet Shrike) · P. plumatus (White-Crested Helmet-Shrike) · P. plumatus plumatus (White-Crested Helmet-Shrike) · P. poliolopha (Grey-Crested Helmet Shrike) · P. poliolophus (Grey-Crested Helmet Shrike) · P. retzii (Retz's Red-Billed Helmet Shrike) · P. retzii retzii (Retz's Red-Billed Helmet Shrike) · P. rufiventris (Rufous-Bellied Helmetshrike) · P. scopifrons (Chestnut-Fronted Helmet Shrike)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Prionops alberti. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2008. Prionops alberti. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: Royal Museum of Central Africa - Albertian Rift Birds (ENBI wp13)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4442
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562462
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562462
- IUCN ID: 235532
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10045
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Prionops alberti. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
