Fülleborn's longclaw

Fülleborn's longclaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Macronyx
Species: M. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Macronyx fuelleborni
Reichenow, 1900
Synonyms
  • Macronyx fuellebornii

The Fülleborn's longclaw (Macronyx fuelleborni), also spelled Fuelleborn's longclaw is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in south-central Africa.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

The name of this bird commemorates the German physician Friedrich Fülleborn.

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