Yellow-crested helmetshrike

Yellow-crested helmetshrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Prionopidae
Genus: Prionops
Species: P. alberti
Binomial name
Prionops alberti
Schouteden, 1933

The yellow-crested helmetshrike (Prionops alberti) is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.

It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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