Madagascar yellowbrow | |
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Yellow-browed Oxylabes photographed in Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Bernieridae |
Genus: |
Crossleyia Hartlaub, 1877 |
Species: | C. xanthophrys
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Binomial name | |
Crossleyia xanthophrys (
Sharpe, 1875)
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The Madagascan yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys), also known as the yellow-browed oxylabes, is a species of Malagasy warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. Found only in Madagascar, it is the sole member of the genus Crossleyia. [2] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.