African Shrike-flycatcher

African Shrike-flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Platysteiridae
Genus:	Megabyas Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E, 1855
Species:	M. flammulatus
Binomial name
Megabyas flammulatus (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855)
Synonyms
Bias flammulatus

The African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Megabyas.^{[citation needed]} It is found in 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, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Megabyas flammulatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links

• Image at ADW

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