Angola Helmetshrike

Angola Helmetshrike / Prionops gabela

Angola Helmetshrike

Here the details of the Angola Helmetshrike named bird below:

SCI Name:  Prionops gabela
Protonym:  Prionops gabela FieldianaZool. 39 p.43
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Vangidae /
Taxonomy Code:  anghel1
Type Locality:  Gabela, 15 km. south, Angola.
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Publish Year:  1957
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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.