African shrike-flycatcher | |
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Male specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Megabyas.
Distribution and habitat
It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest (including the Dahomey Gap).
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.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Megabyas flammulatus | |
Megabyas |
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