Petronia dentata

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Passeridae
Genus: Petronia
Species: Petronia dentata
Subspecies: P. d. buchanani - P. d. fulgens

Name

Petronia dentata (Sundevall, 1850)

Reference

Ofversigt af Kongel Vetenskaps Akademiens Forhandlingar 7 p.127

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Bush Petronia

The Bush Petronia (Petronia dentata) is a species of bird in the Passeridae family. 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

* BirdLife International 2004. Petronia dentata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.