Species profile
Chatham Fernbird
Megalurus rufescens
Quick answer
Formerly Chatham Is. Extinct; last reported 1900
- Scientific name
- Megalurus rufescens
- Family
- Locustellidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Megalurus
Recording Chatham Fernbird in your journal
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Related species in Locustellidae
- Baikal Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella davidi)
- Bamboo Warbler (Bradypterus alfredi)
- Bangwa Warbler (Bradypterus bangwaensis)
- Barratt's Warbler (Bradypterus barratti)
- Benguet Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella seebohmi)
- Bicol Ground-warbler (Robsonius sorsogonensis)
- Bismarck Thicketbird (Megalurulus grosvenori)
- Bougainville Thicketbird (Megalurulus llaneae)