Longclaw - Wikipedia
The longclaws are a genus, Macronyx, of small African passerine birds in the family Motacillidae. Longclaws are slender, often colorful, ground-feeding insectivores of open country. They are ground nesters, laying up to four speckled eggs. They are named for their unusually long hind claws, which are thought to help in walking on grass.
Yellow-throated Longclaw - eBird
A large pipit-like bird with golden-yellow underparts and eyebrow, and a circular broad black necklace emphasizing the yellow throat. The upperparts are subdued streaky brown and the outer tail corners are white, which is a key feature in flight. Pairs occupy grassland and grassy savanna, especially close to water, or when it is flooded.
Fülleborn's Longclaw - eBird
A large pipit-like bird with a golden-yellow throat and eyebrow emphasized by a circular broad black necklace and pumpkin-buff-colored belly and vent. The upperparts are subdued plain gray-brown and the outer tail corners are white, a key feature in flight.
Fülleborn's longclaw - Wikipedia
Fülleborn's longclaw (Macronyx fuelleborni) or Fuelleborn's longclaw, is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in damp grassy habitats in south-central Africa.
Yellow-throated longclaw - Wikipedia
The yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
Longclaw | African, Grassland & Endemic | Britannica
Longclaw, (genus Macronyx), any of eight species of African insect-eating birds that are related to the pipits. Found on prairies and grasslands, they are surprisingly like meadowlarks (family Icteridae), which are New World birds; both are the same …
Sharpe's Longclaw - eBird
Found on the ground in montane grassland, often in wet areas. Similar to Yellow-throated Longclaw, but there is little overlap in range, and Sharpe’s is separated by being much smaller and having a streaky rather than solid black breast band. Brownish immatures can be confused with pipits, but show some pale yellow below.
Macronyx - Burd.io
└─── Macronyx aurantiigula (Pangani longclaw) └─── Macronyx capensis (Cape longclaw) └─── Macronyx croceus (Yellow-throated longclaw)
Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus) | Summary
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence under 20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation).
Fülleborn's Longclaw (Macronyx fuelleborni) - BirdLife species …
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence under 20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation).