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Lyre-tailed honeyguide

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Lyre-tailed honeyguide
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Indicatoridae
Genus: Melichneutes
Reichenow, 1910
Species:
M. robustus
Binomial name
Melichneutes robustus
(Bates, 1909)

The lyre-tailed honeyguide (Melichneutes robustus) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. It is monotypic within the genus Melichneutes.[2] It is found in the African tropical rainforest :

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Uganda and west of the Dahomey Gap in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melichneutes robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680655A92871182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680655A92871182.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ F. Gill, M. Wright D. & Donsker (2013) - IOC World Bird Names (version 3.3)
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