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njlarsen · May 31, 2021

Dear all,
I was looking at Brown Songlark when this one jumped out at me. Am I using the wrong book when I think it is one of the alternatives,
Rufous Songlark or perhaps Tawny Grassbird?

Rufous Songlark

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thanks
Niels

Butty · May 31, 2021

It's a rufous songlark (rufous uppertail-coverts).

KC Foggin · May 31, 2021

njlarsen said:
I was looking at Brown Songlark when this one jumped out at me. Am I using the wrong book when I think it is one of the alternatives,
Rufous Songlark or perhaps Tawny Grassbird?

Well Opus states "It is also the only member of its genus Opisthocomus which therefore is a monotypic genus. Opisthocomus is the only member of the monotypic family Opisthocomidae. The opposite is Polytypic.

MJB · May 31, 2021

KC Foggin said:
Well Opus states "It is also the only member of its genus Opisthocomus which therefore is a monotypic genus. Opisthocomus is the only member of the monotypic family Opisthocomidae. The opposite is Polytypic.

Wrong thread, KC?
The IOC list v11.1 has all 3 species in Cincloramphus, but The Complete Guide to Australian Birds has Tawny Grassbird and Rufous Songlark in Megalurus but Brown Songlark in Cincloramphus...

However, Hoatzin is still in Opisthocomus...
MJB

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