Bismarck Thicketbird

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Bismarck Thicketbird
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Subclass: Neornithes Infraclass: Neognathae Superorder: Neoaves Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Infraorder: Passerida Superfamily: Sylvioidea Family: Megaluridae (see text) Genus: Megalurulus Species: M. grosvenori
Binomial name
Megalurulus grosvenori Gilliard, 1960

The Bismarck Thicketbird (Megalurulus grosvenori) is a bird species. Previously placed in the 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 newly-recognized grass-warbler family Megaluridae. It is found only 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^[1]. When its status could finally be evaluated properly, it was found to be quite rare, and it is thus listed as a Vulnerable species in the 2008 redlist^[2].

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• BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Megalurulus grosvenori. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.
• BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.