New Britain thicketbird
| New Britain thicketbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Locustellidae |
| Genus: | Cincloramphus |
| Species: | C. grosvenori
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| Binomial name | |
| Cincloramphus grosvenori Gilliard, 1960
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| Synonyms | |
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Megalurulus grosvenori | |
The New Britain thicketbird or Bismarck thicketbird (Cincloramphus grosvenori) is a bird species. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae, but 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 only in the rarely visited highlands of the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
This little-known species was for long classified as a data deficient species by the IUCN, due to the general lack of reliable data on its distribution and numbers.[2] While there have been no records since its discovery in 1959, recent evidence suggests the habitat destruction in the Bismarck Archipelago presents a greater risk than previously believed, leading to the Bismarck thicketbird being listed as a Vulnerable in the 2008 red list.[1][3]
It used to be considered conspecific with the Melanesian thicketbird and the Bougainville thicketbird.
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b BirdLife International (2012). "Megalurulus grosvenori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ BLI (2004)
- ^ BLI (2008)
References[]
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
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