Rusty thicketbird

Rusty thicketbird
Illustration by Joseph Smit (1881)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Locustellidae
Genus:	Cincloramphus
Species:	C. rubiginosus
Binomial name
Cincloramphus rubiginosus (PL Sclater, 1881)
Synonyms
Ortygocichla rubiginosa Megalurulus rubiginosus

The rusty thicketbird (Cincloramphus rubiginosus) is a bird species. Previously placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae, it does not seem to be a close relative of the typical warblers; probably it belongs in the grass warbler family Locustellidae. It is found in New Britain only.