- White-throated Oxylabes
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White-throated Oxylabes Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae but see text Genus: Oxylabes
Sharpe, 1870Species: O. madagascariensis Binomial name Oxylabes madagascariensis
(Gmelin, 1789)The White-throated Oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis) is a species of passerine once thought to be a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found only in Madagascar. Recent research indicates it is part of an endemic Malagasy radiation currently known as the Malagasy warblers (Cibois et al. 2001).
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Oxylabes madagascariensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
- Cibois, Alice; Slikas, Beth; Schulenberg, Thomas S. & Pasquet, Eric (2001): An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Evolution 55(6): 1198-1206. DOI:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[1198:AEROMS]2.0.CO;2
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