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
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Binomial name | |
Megabyas flammulatus
Verreaux, J &
Verreaux, É, 1855
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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.
The African shrike-flycatcher is found in the African countries of 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.
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.
The African shrike-flycatcher is found in the African countries of 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.