Benson's Rock-thrush
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Monticola sharpei bensoni Farkas, 1971[verification needed] |
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Monticola bensoni |
Benson's Rock-thrush (Monticola sharpei bensoni) is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. Often considered a distinct species, it is nowadays usually included in the Forest Rock-thrush (M. sharpei) as a subspecies; e.g. BirdLife International revised its status to subspecies in 2008[1].
This bird is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss; when it was still considered a good species, it was classified as Near threatened by the IUCN[2].
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[edit] References
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Monticola bensoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 26 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008a) Benson's Rock-thrush Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2008-MAY-26.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008b): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
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