Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Melanesian Thicketbird (Megalurulus whitneyi) - HBW 11, p. 582
French: Mégalure de Whitney
German: Whitneybuschsänger
Spanish: Yerbera de Melanesia
Other common names: Bismarck/New Britain/Whiteman Mountains Thicketbird/Thicket-warbler/Warbler (grosvenori); Bougainville Thicketbird/Thicket-warbler (llaneae); Guadalcanal/Solomons Thicketbird (turipavae); New Hebrides Thicketbird (whitneyi)
Taxonomy: Cichlornis whitneyi Mayr, 1933, Espíritu Santo, Vanuatu.
Formerly placed in now defunct genus Cichlornis. Races grosvenori and llaneae have at times been considered to represent separate species, as has, less often, turipavae; all taxa, however, very poorly known and further field study, particularly of vocalizations, is required. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grosvenori (Gilliard, 1960) - New Britain (Whiteman Mts), in Bismarck Archipelago.
- llaneae (Hadden, 1983) - Bougainville I (Crown Prince Range, in C of island, possibly also Mt Balbi, in N).
- turipavae (Cain & Galbraith, 1955) - Guadalcanal (Turipava), in SE Solomon Is.
- whitneyi (Mayr, 1933) - Espíritu Santo, in N Vanuatu.
- Near Threatened
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