Prionops

Belongs within: Vangidae.

Prionops, helmet shrikes, is an African genus of songbirds with a fleshy wattle around the eye.

<==Prionops Vieillot 1816 [Prionopinae]B94
    |--P. albertiJT12
    |--P. canicepsJT12
    |    |--P. c. canicepsL03
    |    `--P. c. harterti (Neumann 1908) [=Sigmodus caniceps harterti]L03
    |--P. gabelaJT12
    |--P. plumatus (Shaw 1809)AP21, L03
    |    |--P. p. plumatus [incl. P. p. haussarum Hartert 1921]L03
    |    `--P. p. cristatus Rüppell 1836L03 (see below for synonymy)
    |--P. poliolophusJT12
    |--P. retziiJT12
    |--P. rufiventrisJT12
    `--P. scopifronsJT12
         |--P. s. scopifronsL03
         `--P. s. keniensis (van Someren 1923) [=Sigmodus scopifrons keniensis]L03

Prionops plumatus cristatus Rüppell 1836^L03 [=P. (Lanius) cristatus (preoc. in Lanius)^S05; incl. P. cristata omoensis Neumann 1905^L03]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[L03] LeCroy, M. 2003. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1–156.

[S05] Steinheimer, F. D. 2005. Eduard Rüppel’s avian types at the Natural History Museum, Tring (Aves). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85 (2): 233–264.