Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Locustellidae > Megalurulus > Megalurulus rufusMegalurulus rufus (Long-legged Thicketbird)Synonyms: Cincloramphus rufus; Cincloramphus rufus rufus; Trichocichla rufa The long-legged thicketbird (Trichocichla rufa) is a small bird endemic to Fiji. The species is sometimes known as the long-legged warbler. It is the sole representative of the genus Trichocichla. The long-legged thicketbird is a large thin warbler (19 cm) with a long tail and long legs. The species' plumage is reddish brown, the throat, breast and belly being white and the face being marked with a distinctive eye-stripe. The long-legged warbler is a shy bird and easily overlooked as it forages on the ground in pairs or small family groups. It has a distinctive alarm call, and a variable and loud song somewhat similar to that of the Fiji bush warbler. The species inhabits old-growth forest in mountainous areas on Viti Levu, usually in habitat adjacent to streams. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 8.96785 EDGE Score: 4.37881 |
Adult Weight [1] | 24 grams | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % |
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Polynesia-Micronesia |
Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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