Abyssinian Longclaw

Abyssinian Longclaw

Taxobox
name = Abyssinian Longclaw


status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Motacillidae
genus = "Macronyx"
species = "M. flavicollis"
binomial = "Macronyx flavicollis"
binomial_authority = Rüppell, 1840
synonyms = The Abyssinian Longclaw, "Macronyx flavicollis", is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is endemic to Ethiopia.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and arable land.The Abyssinian Longclaw is very similar in both appearance and behavior to the Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus) of other parts of Africa. It is a common grassland bird of the western and south eastern highlands of Ethiopia except in the extreme north where it does not occur.

Threats

It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12607/all Macronyx flavicollis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.


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