Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Here the details of the Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sigmodus scopifrons J.Orn. 2 p.422
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Vangidae / Prionops
Taxonomy Code: chfhel1
Type Locality: Mozambique.
Author: Peters, W
Publish Year: 1854
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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, serra, ωψ, 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.
scopifrons
L. scopa broom; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
SUBSPECIES
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (keniensis)
SCI Name: Prionops scopifrons keniensis
keneiensis / kenia / keniana / keniensis
Kenya or Mt. Kenya, formerly also spelled Kenia.
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (kirki)
SCI Name: Prionops scopifrons kirki
kirki / kirkii
● Dr Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) Scottish naturalist, colonial administrator, physician with David Livingstone on second Zambezi expedition 1858-1863, Consul to Zanzibar 1866-1887 (subsp. Chalcomitra amethystina, syn. Dendroperdix rovuma, subsp. Prionops scopifrons, syn. Pytilia melba soudanensis, subsp. Turdoides jardineii, Zosterops).
● John Kirk (fl. 1845) collector on Tobago (Veniliornis).
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (scopifrons)
SCI Name: Prionops scopifrons scopifrons
scopifrons
L. scopa broom; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)