Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Confusion; Situational Awareness; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was cleared for takeoff on Runway XX in ZZZ.  Around 600 ft I noticed another aircraft 300 ft above and coming straight towards me on the GPS.  I looked outside for the aircraft and once I spotted it I looked back inside where I received a traffic alert from the GPS.  I immediately turned to the right and temporarily leveled off before continuing my climb and beginning my turn towards ZZZ1.  The helicopter was going for a straight-in Runway XY.  I called [fellow pilots] after I landed in ZZZ1 who informed me I needed to file a near-miss report with Tower.  When I called up Tower later that evening to file the report; he informed me that the helicopter was over a mile from where he was supposed to be.  I listened to liveatc.net to make sure I hadn't missed any traffic notification calls but there was none that I heard.
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Pilots reported reported an NMAC with a helicopter.