Makira flycatcher | |
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Illustration by William Matthew Hart. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Myiagra |
Species: | M. cervinicauda |
Binomial name | |
Myiagra cervinicauda Tristram, 1879 | |
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