The only places where it has been found to date are N'joro Springs at the River Lumi in the upper Pangani River drainage basin.
Count Teleki and his companion, Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel, an Austrian naval officer, left Pangani (Tanzania) in February 1887 with around 400 porters, following the Ruvu river.
Pangani River | Pangani |
Its more orange throat helps distinguish it from the Yellow-throated Longclaw and Abyssinian Longclaw, however the throats of female and older immature Pangani Longclaws can be more yellow.
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Originally described by German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1891, the Pangani Longclaw is a member of the longclaw genus Macronyx.