Thicketbird

Thicketbird
	Rusty thicketbird (Cincloramphus rubiginosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Locustellidae
Genus:	Cincloramphus
Species
	See text

The thicketbirds are a group of birds in the family Locustellidae. Most taxonomists place them together with the songlarks in the genus Cincloramphus. They are alternatively placed in the genus Megalurus.

There are seven species:

Rusty thicketbird (Cincloramphus rubiginosus)^[1]
New Britain thicketbird (Cincloramphus grosvenori) ^[1]
Buff-banded thicketbird (Cincloramphus bivittatus)
Santo thicketbird (Cincloramphus whitneyi)
New Caledonian thicketbird (Cincloramphus mariae)
Long-legged thicketbird (Cincloramphus rufus)
Bougainville thicketbird (Cincloramphus llaneae)
Guadalcanal thicketbird (Cincloramphus turipavae)

References

1 2 DAVIS, ROBERT A.; DUTSON, GUY; SZABO, JUDIT K. (2017-07-27). "Conservation status of threatened and endemic birds of New Britain, Papua New Guinea". Bird Conservation International. 28 (3). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 439–450. doi:10.1017/s0959270917000156. ISSN 0959-2709.

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[j739-1] 1 2 DAVIS, ROBERT A.; DUTSON, GUY; SZABO, JUDIT K. (2017-07-27). "Conservation status of threatened and endemic birds of New Britain, Papua New Guinea". Bird Conservation International. 28 (3). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 439–450. doi:10.1017/s0959270917000156. ISSN 0959-2709.

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