Bougainville Thicketbird

The Bougainville Thicketbird is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Bougainville Thicketbird (Megalurulus llaneae) 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. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Megalurulus llaneae. More

llaneae Bougainville Thicketbird Res Solomon Is (Bougainville). F: discovered ... http://www.scricciolo.com/Threatened_Species/database/Australasia.html Search for Species: Bismarck Thicketbird (Megalurulus grosvenori), DD. Bougainville Thicketbird (Megalurulus llaneae), DD. Guadalcanal Thicketbird (Megalurulus whitneyi), LR/nt. ... http://www.scricciolo.com/classificazione/species2/sylviidae.htm Sylviidae: 7723, Megalurulus grosvenori, Bismarck Thicketbird. 7724, Megalurulus llaneae, Bougainville Thicketbird. 7725, Megalurulus whitneyi, Guadalcanal Thicketbird. ... http://www.worldbirdinfo.net/search_results.asp?sibleymonroefamilyname=SYLVIIDAE(Megalurinae):Grass-Warblers Bird Data Project - Search Results: Generic/Subgeneric Synonym: Click to view full text. English Name: Bougainville Thicketbird@. More

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Bougainville Thicketbird is found only in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. * Guadalcanal Thicketbird Megalurulus whitneyi : The Guadalcanal Thicketbird is found in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Sylviidae
Genus : Megalurulus
Species : llaneae
Authority : (Hadden, 1983)