African shrike-flycatcher
| African shrike-flycatcher | |
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| Male specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Vangidae |
| Genus: | Megabyas Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855 |
| Species: | M. flammulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Megabyas flammulatus Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
| 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 the only species in the monotypic genus Megabyas.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest (including the Dahomey Gap).
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
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