Prionops Gabela Bird

Prionops Gabela Bird

Prionops Gabela Bird

English Name:  Angola Helmetshrike
Latin Name:  Prionops gabela
Protonym:  Prionops gabela FieldianaZool. 39 p.43
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Vangidae / Prionops
Taxonomy Code:  anghel1
Type Locality:  Gabela, 15 km. south, Angola.
Author:  Rand
Publish Year:  1957
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

PRIONOPS
(Vangidae; Ϯ White-crested Helmet-shrike P. plumatus) Gr. πριων priōn, πριονος prionos  saw; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  eye; “BAGADAIS, Prionops.  Bec emplumé à la base, tendu, très-comprimé latéralement; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure retroussée et aiguë à la pointe. — Paupières dentelées.   Esp. Le Geoffroy, Le Vaill.   ...   Prionops [πριων, serraωψ, oculus].” (Vieillot 1816); "Prionops Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 41. Type, by monotypy, "Le Geoffroy" of Levaillant = Lanius plumatus Shaw." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 310).  This genus was formerly and widely separated in the family Prionopidae, and some modern workers still favour that treatment.
Var. Trinops, Trionops (Laurent Raty in litt.).
Synon. Eressornis, Knestrometopon, Phaidrometopon, Sigmodus.

gabela
Gabela, Angola.