Ward's flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Vangidae |
Genus: |
Pseudobias Sharpe, 1870 |
Species: | P. wardi
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Binomial name | |
Pseudobias wardi
Sharpe, 1870
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Ward's flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi), also known as Ward's flycatcher-vanga, is a species of bird in the family Vangidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pseudobias. [2] It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. [1]
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English naturalist Christopher Ward, who collected the type specimen of the bird. [3]