White-crested Helmetshrike
Photo © Christoph Moning
Photo © Christoph Moning — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist photo #95165419The white-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae. == Distribution and habitat == It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. == Behaviour == It is a gregarious bird and is found in small, active parties that are always on the move as they forage among the foliage or on the ground. They chatter noisily to one another as they move through their territory. == Gallery ==
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Tanzania
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+358 birds+29 mammals
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+446 birds+45 mammals
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+226 birds+16 mammals
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+213 birds+13 mammals
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+478 birds+24 mammals
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+608 birds+33 mammals
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+468 birds+50 mammals
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+513 birds+49 mammals
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+501 birds+43 mammals
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Tanzania
+626 birds+55 mammals
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+474 birds+5 mammals
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+364 birds+49 mammals
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+540 birds+91 mammals
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Modimolle Local Municipality, South Africa
+341 birds+36 mammals
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+359 birds+11 mammals
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Namibia
+221 birds+13 mammals
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Namibia
+283 birds+17 mammals
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Namibia
+377 birds+35 mammals
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Namibia
+356 birds+58 mammals
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Okambukonde, Namibia
+198 birds+27 mammals
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Ethiopia
+438 birds+7 mammals
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Ethiopia
+397 birds+20 mammals
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Ethiopia
+128 birds+3 mammals
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Ethiopia
+61 birds+4 mammals
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Didiga, Ethiopia
+473 birds+23 mammals
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Arba Minch, Ethiopia
+191 birds+10 mammals
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+359 birds+5 mammals
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+272 birds+27 mammals
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+515 birds+35 mammals
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+494 birds+32 mammals
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+408 birds+38 mammals
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+430 birds+42 mammals
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+388 birds+18 mammals
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+232 birds+30 mammals
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+328 birds+12 mammals
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