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Macronyx aurantiigula
Photo by megan perkins
Tsavo East, Kenya May 2006

Identification

  • Yellowish-buff flanks
  • Orange-yellow throat.
Frontal view showing variation in intensity of throat colour.
Photo © by THE_FERN. Tsavo West National Park Kenya, November 2021

Distribution

Eastern Africa: found in southern Somalia, Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Clements regards this as a monotypic species [1].

Habitat

Arid open grassland.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Kenya Birds

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