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Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons)

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the 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 natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland found around the equator. Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Source: Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 15 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Kenya in the xeno-canto catalogue.