Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Long-legged Thicketbird (Megalurulus rufus) - HBW 11, p. 583

French: Mégalure des Fidji German: Langbein-Buschsänger Spanish: Yerbera de Fiji
Other common names: Long-legged Warbler, Greater Forest Warbler

Taxonomy: Trichocichla rufa Reichenow, 1890, Viti Levu, Fiji.
Has in the past been placed in a monotypic genus, Trichocichla, or sometimes with M. rubiginosus in Ortygocichla. Despite its rather long legs, however, it has many features typical of present genus. Two subspecies recognized.

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