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Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird

Cincloramphus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae] (= Cincloramphus whitneyi) (Mayr, E 1933)

The Santo thicketbird is a bird species. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae, but it does not seem to be a close relative of the typical warblers; it belongs in the grass warbler family, Locustellidae. It is found on the Pacific Ocean island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Locustellidae
Genus:
   Cincloramphus
Scientific:
  Cincloramphus whitneyi


Original description

Citation:
  (Mayr, E 1933)

Reference:
   Amer. Mus. Novit. no.590 p.4

Protonym:
  Cichlornis whitneyi

Type locality:
  Santo (= Espiritu Santo) Island, New Hebrides; altitude ca. 2,500 feet.

Link:
  https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/4192/


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F5DCF5EB2B4F95BD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F5DCF5EB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F5DCF5EB


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561013

Geographic range:

  • Cincloramphus grosvenori: known from 2 specimens from Whiteman Mountains of New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
  • Cincloramphus llaneae: mountains of Bougainville (northwestern Solomon Islands)
  • Cincloramphus whitneyi: mountains of Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu)
  • Cincloramphus turipavae: mountains of Guadalcanal (southeastern Solomon Islands)
English:
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird
French:
Mégalure de Whitney ou M. de Mélanésie


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Cincloramphus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Cincloramphus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Cincloramphus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird ( Cincloramphus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Mégalure de Whitney ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Thicket Warbler ( Cichlornis whitneyi) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Thicket Warbler ( Cichlornis whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Melanesian Thicketbird ( Megalurulus whitneyi) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Catalan: camperol melanesi
Czech: cistovníkovec ostrovní, Travník bougainvillský
Danish: Vanuatusanger
German: Bougainvillebuschsänger, Whitneybuschsänger
English: Guadalcanal Thicketbird, Guadalcanal, Solomons or Bougainville Thicketbird, Melanesian Thicketbird, New Hebrides Thicketbird, Thicket Warbler
Spanish: Yerbera de Melanesia
Estonian: melaneesia padulind
Finnish: Bougainvillenkerttu, tiheikkökerttu
French: Mégalure de Whitney, Mégalure de Whitney ou M. de Mélanésie
Hungarian: Whitney-bozótposzáta
Italian: Cantore di macchia di Bougainville, Erbarolo di Guadalcanal
Japanese (romaji): buagenbirutsugumimodoki
Japanese: ブアゲンビルツグミモドキ
Scientific: Cichlornis whitneyi, Cincloramphus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae], Cincloramphus whitneyi, Megalurulus [whitneyi or llaneae], Megalurulus [whitneyi, turipavae or llaneae], Megalurulus whitneyi, Megalurulus whitneyi whitneyi
Lithuanian: Paprastoji krūmyninė devynbalsė
Dutch: Bougainville-zanger, Vanuatuzanger
Norwegian: Melanesiasanger
Polish: krzakowik melanezyjski, Krzakowik samotny
Russian: Одноцветная новобританская славка
Slovak: svrkavec potocný
Swedish: Guadalkanalgräsfågel
Ukrainian: Кущавник меланезійський
Chinese: 瓜岛草莺
Chinese (Traditional): 植叢鶇鶯

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