White-crested Helmetshrike
Prionops plumatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPrionopidae
- GenusPrionops (Helmetshrikes)
- SpeciesPrionops plumatus (White-crested Helmetshrike)
The 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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Aberdare National Park
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Hunter's Cisticola
Cisticola hunteri
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Abyssinian Thrush
Turdus abyssinicus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris mediocris
Golden-winged Sunbird
Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
Moorland Chat
Pinarochroa sordida
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Bradypterus cinnamomeus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-crested Helmetshrike at Aberdare National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there