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Santo Thicketbird
Cincloramphus whitneyi (Mayr, 1933)
Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies
Santo Thicketbird, Cincloramphus whitneyi, is a passerine of the Locustellidae family that breeds in montane Santo in north-west Vanuatu. It is a bird of forested mountain country on Espiritu Santo. Formerly treated as part of Sylviidae, it is now placed with the grassbirds and allies. The species was described by Mayr in 1933. It was once grouped with the New Britain thicketbird and the Bougainville thicketbird as a single species.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Locustellidae — Grassbirds & Allies
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane Santo (nw Vanuatu)
