The lyre-tailed honeyguide (Melichneutes robustus) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. It is monotypic within the genus Melichneutes.[2] It is found in the African tropical rainforest :
| Lyre-tailed honeyguide | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Indicatoridae |
| Genus: | Melichneutes Reichenow, 1910 |
| Species: | M. robustus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melichneutes robustus (Bates, 1909)
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Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Uganda and west of the Dahomey Gap in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melichneutes robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680655A92871182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680655A92871182.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ F. Gill, M. Wright D. & Donsker (2013) - IOC World Bird Names (version 3.3)
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