Biology:Ward's flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Ward's flycatcher
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Pseudobias
Sharpe, 1870
Species:
P. wardi
Binomial name
Pseudobias wardi
Sharpe, 1870

Ward's flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi), also known as Ward's flycatcher-vanga, is a species of bird in the family Vangidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pseudobias.[2] It is endemic to Madagascar . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English naturalist Christopher Ward, who collected the type specimen of the bird.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Pseudobias wardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22707821A94138996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707821A94138996.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22707821/94138996. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. "ITIS Report: Pseudobias". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558119. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 358. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2223781 entry