Ward's Flycatcher
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| Ward's Flycatcher | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Vangidae |
| Genus: | Pseudobias Sharpe, 1870 |
| Species: | P. wardi |
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| Pseudobias wardi Sharpe, 1870 | |
The Ward's Flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi), also known as Ward's Flycatcher-vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pseudobias.[citation needed] It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English naturalist Christopher Ward.[2] Ward collected the type specimen of this flycatcher.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pseudobias wardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 358.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 358.
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