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Rusty thicketbird

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(Redirected from Megalurulus rubiginosus) Species of bird

Rusty thicketbird
Illustration by Joseph Smit (1881)
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Cincloramphus
Species: C. rubiginosus
Binomial name
Cincloramphus rubiginosus
(PL Sclater, 1881)
Synonyms

Ortygocichla rubiginosa
Megalurulus rubiginosus

The rusty thicketbird (Cincloramphus rubiginosus) is a bird species. Previously placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae, it does not seem to be a close relative of the typical warblers; probably it belongs in the grass warbler family Locustellidae. It is found in New Britain only.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Megalurulus rubiginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
Taxon identifiers
Megalurulus rubiginosus


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