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Macronyx croceus

Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus)

Macronyx croceus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Motacillidae
Genus: Macronyx
Species: Macronyx croceus
Subspecies: M. c. croceus - M. c. hygricus - M. c. tertius - M. c. vulturinus

Name

Macronyx croceus (Vieillot, 1816)

Reference

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle Appliquee Aux Arts... 1 p.365

Vernacular names
English: Yellow-throated Longclaw

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

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and sandy shores.

References

Biology Encyclopedia

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