Angola Helmetshrike / Prionops gabela
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Angola Helmetshrike
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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, 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.
gabela
Gabela, Angola.
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)
