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Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)

Archbold's Newtonia
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/ via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Archbold's Newtonia

Archbold's newtonia (Newtonia archboldi) is a species of bird in the family Vangidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The birds have a greyish brown back and tail, with a rufous forecrown and a buffy white belly, throat, and undertail coverts. They have a conspicuous rufous eye-ring, accompanied with a black bill and pale yellow eyes. The species is sexually monomorphic, and there is no major difference between the sexes. There is no breeding plumage for the males.

Source: Archbold's newtonia on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 17 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-SA · 8 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

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Listed as recorded in Madagascar in the xeno-canto catalogue.