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| Actual scientific name : |
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Prionops plumatus poliocephalus |
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Prionops poliocephala angolica |
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Prionops casqué |
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| English name : |
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White Helmet Shrike |
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| Sehelela (Kitshokwe) ; Dipampi (Kiluba); buteletele, bulumbwalumbwa (Kibemba) | |
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Chin, throat and belly are white. Black wing with white flashes. Black ear covert. Head is covered with fluffy grey feathers forming a helmet. Yellow eye and yellow-orange eye-ring. Juvenile lacks the yellow eye-rings and has a white head. |
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very common in the wooded parts of Katanga. |
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Gregarious bird moving at low height in the forest in groups of a few individuals looking for insects and caterpillars. |
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Insectivorous. |
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In Katanga, nidification takes place at the end of the dry season. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
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