Fülleborn's longclaw

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

The Fülleborn's longclaw (Macronyx fuellebornii), also spelled Fuelleborn's longclaw is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia.

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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