Papuan grassbird

The Papuan grassbird (Cincloramphus macrurus) is a species of typical grassbird in the family Locustellidae. The species was once treated as several subspecies of the tawny grassbird, but the two do not interbreed where their ranges are sympatric. The species is endemic to New Guinea and its satellite islands. There are seven subspecies ranging across montane areas of New Guinea, New Britain and New Ireland. It is a fairly large typical grassbird, 20–23 cm (7.9–9.1 in) long and weighing 40 g (1.4 oz).

Papuan grassbird
Illustration by Joseph Smit (1880)
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. macrurus
Binomial name
Cincloramphus macrurus (Salvadori, 1876)
Synonyms
Megalurus macrurus

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cincloramphus macrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103795115A104155683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103795115A104155683.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A.; Christie, D., eds. (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-06-X.