Leaf-love

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Leaf-love
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pyrrhurus
Species: P. scandens
Binomial name
Pyrrhurus scandens
Swainson, 1837

The Leaf-love (Pyrrhurus scandens) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pyrrhurus. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.

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