Guadalcanal Thicketbird

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guadalcanal Thicketbird
Conservation status
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. whitneyi
Binomial name
Megalurulus whitneyi
Mayr, 1933

The Guadalcanal Thicketbird (Megalurulus whitneyi) 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 in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

[edit] Source