Red-tailed ant thrush | |
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Illustration by A. Reichenow (1900) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Genus: | Neocossyphus |
Species: | N. rufus |
Binomial name | |
Neocossyphus rufus (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | |
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