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Rusty thicketbird

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Rusty thicketbird
Illustration by Joseph Smit (1881)
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

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Megalurulus rubiginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.