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title: "Atacador-de-poupa-branca"
description: "Prionops plumatus — Aves. The white-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-crested-helmetshrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atacador-de-poupa-branca

> Prionops plumatus — Aves. The white-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.

- Scientific name: *Prionops plumatus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1960
- Wikidata: [Q1316943](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316943)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117070)

## Names

- en: White-crested Helmetshrike
- de: Weißschopf-Brillenwürger
- es: Prionopo crestiblanco
- fr: Bagadais casqué
- nl: Helmklauwier
- pt: Atacador-de-poupa-branca
- pl: Czołoczub żółtooki

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (915), ZW (138), BW (113), ZM (95), NA (73), TZ (71), GM (67), MW (58), KE (54), BJ (52), SN (33), SZ (29)

## Summary

The white-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crested_helmetshrike

## Photo

![Atacador-de-poupa-branca](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-crested-helmetshrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255093889

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-crested-helmetshrike?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).