African shrike-flycatcher
| African shrike-flycatcher | |
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| Male specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Vangidae |
| Genus: | Megabyas Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855 |
| Species: | M. flammulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Megabyas flammulatus | |
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Bias flammulatus | |
The African shrike-flycatcher or red-eyed shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus) is a species of bird in the family Vangidae.[2] It is monotypic within the genus Megabyas.[3] It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Megabyas flammulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707807A94138390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707807A94138390.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Louette, M. (2019). "African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Harris, Tony; Franklin, Kim (2010). Shrikes and Bush-shrikes. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4081-3457-3.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Vangidae
- Birds of Africa
- Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Birds described in 1855
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