Description Abyssinian Longclaw - Ethiopia_2
Date 30 March 2015, 19:14
Source Abyssinian Longclaw - Ethiopia_2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/17000135681/
Author Francesco Veronesi from Italy https://www.flickr.com/people/30818542@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abyssinian_Longclaw_-_Ethiopia_2_(17000135681).jpg

The Abyssinian longclaw (Macronyx flavicollis) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia. The Abyssinian longclaw is very similar in both appearance and behavior to the yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus) of other parts of Africa. It is a common grassland bird of the western and south eastern Ethiopian Highlands, except in the extreme north where it does not occur. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Motacillidae, Genus: Macronyx, Species: Macronyx flavicollis Rüppell, 1840.