New Britain thicketbird

New Britain thicketbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae (see text)
Genus: Megalurulus
Species: M. grosvenori
Binomial name
Megalurulus grosvenori
Gilliard, 1960

The New Britain thicketbird or Bismarck thicketbird (Megalurulus grosvenori) 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; probably it belongs in the grass warbler family Locustellidae. It is found only in the rarely visited highlands of the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

This little-known species was for long classified as a data deficient species by the IUCN, due to the general lack of reliable data on its distribution and numbers.[2] While there have been no records since its discovery in 1959, recent evidence suggests the habitat destruction in the Bismarck Archipelago presents a greater risk than previously believed, leading to the Bismarck thicketbird being listed as a Vulnerable in the 2008 redlist.[1][3]

It used to be considered conspecific with the Melanesian thicketbird and the Bougainville thicketbird.


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