title: Retz's helmetshrike
text: # Retz's helmetshrike
  
  Retz's helmetshrike (Prionops retzii) is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Four subspecies are recognized:
  
  * P. r. nigricans (Neumann, 1899) – south central Africa
  * P. r. graculinus Cabanis, 1868 – East Africa
  * P. r. retzii Wahlberg, 1856 – northern parts of southern Africa
  * P. r. tricolor G.R. Gray, 1864 – eastern and southeastern Africa
  
  ## Range and habitat
  
  It is found in Angola, Botswana, DRC, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * P. r. graculinus in eastern Kenya
  * P. r. tricolor, juvenile in Kruger Park
  