Red-tailed leaflove

Red-tailed leaflove
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Phyllastrephus
Species: P. scandens
Binomial name
Phyllastrephus scandens
Swainson, 1837
Synonyms

Pyrrhurus scandens

The red-tailed leaflove (Phyllastrephus scandens) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.

Distribution and habitat

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, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.

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