| Bismarck Thicketbird | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Megaluridae (see text) |
| Genus: | Megalurulus |
| Species: | M. grosvenori |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalurulus grosvenori Gilliard, 1960 |
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The Bismarck Thicketbird (Megalurulus grosvenori) 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 newly-recognized grass-warbler family Megaluridae. 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.[1] 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 redlist.[2]