Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Gabela Helmetshrike (Prionops gabela), recorded as Endangered
Gabela Helmetshrike (Prionops gabela). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Gabela Helmetshrike

Prionops gabela

Gabela Helmetshrike is a perching bird in the family Prionopidae (order Passeriformes) — Prionops gabela, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Prionops gabela
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Prionopidae · Prionops

The perching bird

Perching birds: the largest bird order. A species may be a babbler, a sparrow, a manakin, or a leafbird.

This is a named wild bird with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Gabela Helmetshrike is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Gabela Helmetshrike — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q541942. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Gabela Helmetshrike?
Gabela Helmetshrike is a perching bird in the family Prionopidae (order Passeriformes) — Prionops gabela.
What is the conservation status of Gabela Helmetshrike?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Prionops gabela. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Gabela Helmetshrike live?
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Why is Gabela Helmetshrike in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Prionops gabela?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Gabela Helmetshrike a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.