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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Guadalcanal Thicketbird, Vanuatu Thicketbird
Common Names in French:
Mégalure de Whitney
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It occurs in high-altitude mossy forest
.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
()
- Family:
Sylviidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Megalurinae
()
- Genus:
Megalurulus
()
- J. Verreaux, 1869
- Specific name:
whitneyi
- (Mayr) 1933
- Scientific name: - Megalurulus whitneyi (Mayr, 1933) (Mayr) 1933
- Specific name:
whitneyi
- (Mayr) 1933
- Genus:
Megalurulus
(
- Subfamily:
Megalurinae
(
- Family:
Sylviidae
(
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Megalurulus whitneyi (Mayr, 1933)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Mayr, Ernst Birds collected during the Whitney
South Sea
Expedition
. XXII: Three new genera from Polynesia and Melanesia
American Museum Novitates, no. 590, 1933.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Megalurulus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. bivittatus (Rufous-Faced Thicket Warbler) · M. grosvenori (Whiteman Mountains Warbler) · M. llaneae (Bougainville Thicketbird) · M. mariei (New Caledonian Grass Warbler) · M. rubiginosus (Rufous-Faced Thicket Warbler) · M. whitneyi (Guadalcanal Thicketbird)
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bregulla, H. L. 1992. Birds of Vanuatu. Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- Galbraith, I. C. J.; Galbraith, E. H. 1962. Land birds of Guadalcanal and the San Cristoval group, Eastern Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 9(1): 1-86.
- Gibbs, D. 1996. Notes on Solomon Island birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 116: 18-25.
- Leary, T. 1991. Solomon Islands: state of the environment report. Environment and Conservation Division, Ministry of Natural Resources, Solomon Islands, Honiara.
- Mayr, Ernst Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. XXII: Three new genera from Polynesia and Melanesia American Museum Novitates, no. 590, 1933.
- Medway, L.; Marshall, A. G. 1975. Terrestrial vertebrates of the New Hebrides: origin and distribution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 272: 423-465.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Megalurulus whitneyi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2008. Megalurulus whitneyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6035
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-561013
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 561013
- IUCN ID: 222233
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7271
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Megalurulus whitneyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. ... [back]
