Bush petronia

Bush petronia
Male Gymnoris dentata dentata
Female Gymnoris dentata dentata
both in Senegal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Passeridae
Genus:Gymnoris
Species: G. dentata
Binomial name
Gymnoris dentata
(Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms

Petronia dentata

The bush petronia (Gymnoris dentata, formerly Petronia dentata) is a species of bird in the family Passeridae.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Gymnoris dentata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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