Sunday, August 19, 2012

>>Genus Crossleyia >Crossleyia xanthophrys (Madagascar Yellowbrow)

Madagascar Yellowbrow

Madagascar Yellowbrow 

Madagascar Yellowbrow
Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Bernieridae
Genus:Crossleyia
Hartlaub, 1877
Species:C. xanthophrys
Binomial name
Crossleyia xanthophrys
(Sharpe, 1875)
The Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys), also known as the Yellow-browed Oxylabes, is a species of Malagasy warbler, formerly placed in the Sylviidae family. Found only in Madagascar, it is the sole member of the genus Crossleyia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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