Species profile
Yellow-crested Helmetshrike
Prionops alberti
Quick answer
Montane forests of e-central Democratic Republic of the Congo and (?) adjacent sw Uganda
- Scientific name
- Prionops alberti
- Family
- Prionopidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Prionops
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Yellow-crested Helmetshrike in your journal
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Related species in Prionopidae
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons)
- Gabela Helmetshrike (Prionops gabela)
- Grey-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops poliolophus)
- Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps)
- Retz's Helmetshrike (Prionops retzii)
- Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike (Prionops rufiventris)
- White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)