Megalurulus grosvenori Gilliard, 1960
New Britain thicketbird, Bismarck thicketbird
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cichlornis grosvenori grosvenori Gilliard, 1960
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 22 December 1958
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gilliard, E. T. (1960). Results of the 1958-1959 Gilliard New Britain expedition, 2. A new species of thicket warbler (Aves: Cichlornis) from New Britain. American Museum Novitates 2008: 1-6.
Other references:
Madge, S. (2006). Melanesian Thicketbird (Megalurulus whitneyi). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers p. 582. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]