Melanesian Thicketbird (Cincloramphus whitneyi)
About the Melanesian Thicketbird
The Santo thicketbird (Cincloramphus whitneyi) 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 the Pacific Ocean island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. The Santo thicketbird is around 16.5 cm long, a slender bird with long legs and a long tail. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It used to be considered conspecific with the New Britain thicketbird and the Bougainville thicketbird.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 11 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Vanuatu in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Buff-banded ThicketbirdCincloramphus bivittatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.