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Alternative names: Melanesian Thicketbird; Vanuatu Thicketbird

Cincloramphus turipavae

Megalurulus whitneyi

Identification

17–19 cm (6¾-7½ in)

Distribution

Australasia: found in mountains of Guadalcanal (south-eastern Solomon Islands)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Formerly, this species included Santo Thicketbird.

Habitat

Mostly found in mountainous humid mossy forest.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage in the undergrowth probably for small insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Avibase
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)

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