| Rusty 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. rubiginosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalurulus rubiginosus Sclater, 1881 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ortygocichla rubiginosa (Sclater, 1881) |
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The Rusty Thicketbird (Megalurulus 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 newly-recognized grass-warbler family Megaluridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.