''Cincloramphus'' is a
genus
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of birds in the grassbird
family
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Locustellidae
Locustellidae is a recently recognised family of small insectivorous songbirds (" warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler " wastebin" family. It contains the grasshopper warblers, grassbirds, and the '' Bradypterus'' " bush war ...
.
The genus ''Cincloramphus'' was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist
John Gould
John Gould (; 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould (illustrator), Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, includ ...
in 1838 with the
brown songlark as the
type species
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. The name combines the
Ancient Greek
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''kinklos'' meaning "thrush" with ''rhamphos'' meaning "bill".
A comprehensive
molecular phylogenetic
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study of the family Locustellidae published in 2018 found that many of the genera were non-
monophyletic
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# the grouping contains its own most recent co ...
. In the resulting reorganization the genera ''Megalurulus'' and ''Buettikoferella'' became
junior synonyms
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...
of the resurrected genus ''Cincloramphus''.
The genus now contains 12 species:
[
* Brown songlark (''Cincloramphus cruralis'')
* Rufous songlark (''Cincloramphus mathewsi'')
* Rusty thicketbird (''Cincloramphus rubiginosus'')
* New Britain thicketbird (''Cincloramphus grosvenori'')
* Buff-banded thicketbird (''Cincloramphus bivittatus'')
* Papuan grassbird (''Cincloramphus macrurus'')
* Tawny grassbird (''Cincloramphus timoriensis'')
* Guadalcanal thicketbird (''Cincloramphus turipavae'')
* Santo thicketbird (''Cincloramphus whitneyi'')
* New Caledonian thicketbird (''Cincloramphus mariae'')
* Long-legged thicketbird (''Cincloramphus rufus'')
* Bougainville thicketbird (''Cincloramphus llaneae'')
]
References
Taxa named by John Gould
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