Longclaw

Taxobox
name = Longclaws

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image_caption = Yellow-throated Longclaw
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Motacillidae
genus = "Macronyx"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Many, see text.The longclaws are a genus of small passerine birds with long tails, which they wag frequently. They are restricted to Africa

They are in the same family as the pipits and wagtails.

Longclaws are slender, often colourful, ground-feeding insectivores of open country. They are ground nesters, laying up to four speckled eggs.

They are named for their unusually long hind claws, which are thought to help in walking on grass.

pecies

*Cape Longclaw, "Macronyx capensis"
*Yellow-throated Longclaw, "Macronyx croceus"
*Fuelleborn's Longclaw, "Macronyx fuellebornii "
*Sharpe's Longclaw, "Macronyx sharpei"
*Abyssinian Longclaw, "Macronyx flavicollis"
*Pangani Longclaw, "Macronyx aurantiigula"
*Rosy-throated Longclaw, "Macronyx ameliae"
*Grimwood's Longclaw, "Macronyx grimwoodi".

References

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External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=123 Longclaw videos] on the Internet Bird Collection