Red-billed Helmetshrike (Prionops caniceps) - BirdLife species factsheet

Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Prionops caniceps and P. rufiventris (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. caniceps following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	56 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,430,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	7.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the pre-split species is described as not uncommon to locally common (Harris and Franklin 2000).

Trend justification: This population is estimated to be declining following a recorded decline around Lagos, Nigeria (Harris and Franklin 2000).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Benin	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Benin	Lama Forest
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Azagny National Park
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Yabassi
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin Tano Forest Reserve
Ghana	Boin River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bura River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Cape Three Points Forest Reserve
Ghana	Dadieso Forest Reserve
Ghana	Draw River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Ebi River Shelterbelt Forest Reserve
Ghana	Fure River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Jema-Asemkrom Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Mount Afadjato - Agumatsa Range forest
Ghana	Nsuensa-Ayiola-Bediako Forest Reserves
Ghana	Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve
Ghana	Subri River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Offin Forest Reserve
Ghana	Yoyo River Forest Reserve
Guinea	Kounounkan
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Diécké
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Sapo
Liberia	Grebo
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan
Nigeria	Upper Orashi forests
Nigeria	Biseni forests
Sierra Leone	Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Togo	Misahöhe Forest Reserve

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1450 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Prionops caniceps. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-billed-helmetshrike-prionops-caniceps on 04/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 04/12/2023.