Passeriformes / Vangidae / Prionops

Retz's Helmetshrike

Prionops retzii

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Robert Taylor · CC_BY_4_0

Prionops retzii graculinus

southern Somalia to eastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania
Prionops retzii nigricans

Angola to northwestern Zambia and southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prionops retzii retzii

far southern Angola and southern Zambia to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa
Prionops retzii tricolor

Tanzania to Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, and eastern South Africa (southward to northern KwaZulu-Natal)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.