Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus) - HBW 9, p. 772
French: Sentinelle à gorge jaune
German: Gelbkehlpieper
Spanish: Bisbita Gorgigualdo
Taxonomy: Alauda crocea Vieillot, 1816, Java; error = Senegal.
Genus probably closely related to Tmetothylacus and Hemimacronyx. May form a superspecies with M. fuellebornii. Plumage individually variable, and recognition of races often considered unwarranted; proposed race hygricus (Upper Guinea) included in nominate. Race vulturnus sometimes misspelt vulturinus. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- croceus (Vieillot, 1816) - Senegambia E to Cameroon, W & S fringes of Chad, N & S Central African Republic, Gabon, NW & WC Angola, PRCongo, W, N & NE DRCongo, S Sudan, and Uganda and mesic areas of W & C Kenya S to Burundi and NW & N Tanzania (S to the Serengeti).
- tertius Clancey, 1958 - coastal lowlands of Kenya and Tanzania.
- vulturnus Friedmann, 1930 - C & S Tanzania, E Zambia (E of Luangwa Valley), Malawi, NE & C Zimbabwe and Mozambique S to SE South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Close up of a bird on the ground Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
ANTHONY VILLAUME 8 April 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird singing from a treetop Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 5 years ago 48 sec 4 -
Bird walking on ground searching for prey Locality iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp vulturnus)
Tom Heijnen 11 August 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A bird on a tree top, preening Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 3.6 -
A bird on top of a tree, calling Locality Entebbe, Uganda (ssp croceus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 6 years ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A male standing on the grass, and then leaving Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp croceus)
Brooke Clibbon 19 December 2002 7 years ago 16 sec 3.3
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A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Semliki National Park, Uganda
Tadeusz Rosinski 23 February 2011 27 weeks ago 4.2 -
A Yellow-throated Longclaw on the side of the road.
Locality Nairobi National Park, Kenya
David Nowell 4 August 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Yellowtroated longclaw with black necklace
Locality Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania
owlbird 28 October 2012 25 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird, walking through a meadow.
Locality St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp vulturnus)
Carmelo López 12 November 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
Adult perched
Locality Kabak Island, Kindia Region, Guinea (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 15 October 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird, walking through a meadow.
Locality St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp vulturnus)
Carmelo López 12 November 2010 2 years ago 3.6
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An individual emiting several melancholic “piu”. Locality Entebbe, Uganda
(ssp croceus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 20 weeks ago 3
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