Cincloramphus is a genus of birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae.
| Cincloramphus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Rufous songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Locustellidae |
| Genus: | Cincloramphus Gould, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Megalurus cruralis[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Megalurulus Verreaux, J, 1869 | |
The genus Cincloramphus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1838 with the brown songlark as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek kinklos meaning "thrush" with rhamphos meaning "bill".[4]
A comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the family Locustellidae published in 2018 found that many of the genera were non-monophyletic. In the resulting reorganization the genera Megalurulus and Buettikoferella became junior synonyms of the resurrected genus Cincloramphus.[5][6]
The genus now contains 12 species:[6]
- Brown songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
- Rufous songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
- Rusty thicketbird (Cincloramphus rubiginosus)
- New Britain thicketbird (Cincloramphus grosvenori)
- Buff-banded thicketbird (Cincloramphus bivittatus)
- Papuan grassbird (Cincloramphus macrurus)
- Tawny grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis)
- Guadalcanal thicketbird (Cincloramphus turipavae)
- Santo thicketbird (Cincloramphus whitneyi)
- New Caledonian thicketbird (Cincloramphus mariae)
- Long-legged thicketbird (Cincloramphus rufus)
- Bougainville thicketbird (Cincloramphus llaneae)