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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)]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13688/megalurulus-grosvenori-bismarck-thicketbird

 

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