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White throated oxylabes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Oxylabes Sharpe, 1870

Higher classification
  
Oxylabes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Bernieridae

Scientific name
  
Oxylabes madagascariensis

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Thamnornis, Cryptic warbler, Dark newtonia, Brown emutail, Archbold's newtonia

The white-throated oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis) is a species of passerine bird. Formerly considered part of the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, it has been moved to the family Bernieridae — the Malagasy warblers. It is endemic to Madagascar, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

In 2013, genetic studies determined that the former Bluntschli's vanga (also known as short-toed nuthatch-vanga), a species described in 1996 from two specimens collected in 1931, was actually this species. The specimens were both juveniles in a poorly known brown plumage.

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White-throated oxylabes Wikipedia