Guadalcanal thicketbird

The Guadalcanal thicketbird (Cincloramphus turipavae) 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; it belongs in the grass warbler family, Locustellidae. It is found on Guadalcanal.

Guadalcanal thicketbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Cincloramphus
Species:
C. turipavae
Binomial name
Cincloramphus turipavae
(Cain & Galbraith, 1955)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

It was considered conspecific with the Santo thicketbird.

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