Yellow-throated longclaw

The yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

Yellow-throated longclaw
In the Serengeti, Tanzania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Macronyx
Species:
M. croceus
Binomial name
Macronyx croceus
(Vieillot, 1816)

Range edit

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and sandy shores.

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References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Macronyx croceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718405A94578884. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718405A94578884.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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