The yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
| Yellow-throated longclaw | |
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| In the Serengeti, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Macronyx |
| Species: | M. croceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Macronyx croceus (Vieillot, 1816)
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Range
editIt 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.
Gallery
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Eating a locust at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
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References
edit- ^ 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.
External links
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- Yellowthroated Longclaw - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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