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Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandCup nestSmall · 47 g
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 1
Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 2
Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 3
Photo: B Pulman005 · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 4
Photo: Paul Hoekman · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 5
Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 6
Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 7
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 8
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 9
Photo: NikSimpson · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus), photo 10
Photo: Nina R from Africa · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

They have yellow underparts and a black "bib" on the upper chest. They may be distinguished from the closely related pangani longclaw by its yellow under tail-coverts, which the pangani lacks. The pangani also has an orange throat, whereas the yellow-throated does not.

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When to see the Yellow-throated Longclaw

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-throated Longclaw

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 27 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Kenya Uganda Nigeria Tanzania Zimbabwe Mozambique Eswatini Rwanda Ghana Malawi Congo - Kinshasa Congo - Brazzaville Gabon Côte d’Ivoire Cameroon Gambia Liberia Guinea Togo Benin Senegal Sierra Leone Guinea-Bissau Central African Republic Zambia Burundi

Recorded as a rare visitor in Angola, Niger.

About the Yellow-throated Longclaw

The yellow-throated longclaw is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) Cape LongclawMacronyx capensisThe Cape longclaw is a 19–20 cm long. Rosy-throated Longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliaeAdult birds are 19–20 centimetres (7.5–7.9 in) long with greyish-brown scalloped upper parts. Pangani Longclaw (Macronyx aurantiigula) Pangani LongclawMacronyx aurantiigulaThe Pangani longclaw measures around 20 cm (8 in) in length.

Side by side: Cape Longclaw vs Yellow-throated Longclaw · Rosy-throated Longclaw vs Yellow-throated Longclaw

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