Thicketbird

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Thicketbird
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Rusty thicketbird (Cincloramphus rubiginosus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Cincloramphus
Species

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The thicketbirds are a group of birds in the family Locustellidae. Most taxonomists place them together with the songlarks in the genus Cincloramphus . They are alternatively placed in the genus Megalurus.

There are seven species:


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