Magpie Shrike
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| Magpie Shrike | |
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| In Limpopo, South Africa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Urolestes Cabanis, 1850 |
| Species: | U. melanoleucus |
| Binomial name | |
| Urolestes melanoleucus (Jardine, 1831) |
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Corvinella melanoleuca |
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The Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus), also known as the African Long-tailed Shrike, is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Urolestes.[citation needed] It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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- ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Urolestes melanoleucus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/146438. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
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