Archbold's newtonia

Archbold's newtonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Newtonia
Species: N. archboldi
Binomial name
Newtonia archboldi
Delacour & Berlioz, 1931

The Archbold's newtonia (Newtonia archboldi) is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.

The name commemorates the New Guinea explorer and ornithologist Richard Archbold.[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Newtonia archboldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 28.


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