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Belongs within: Sylviida.
Contains: Locustella.
The Locustellidae, grass warblers and grassbirds, are a group of slender, brownish birds with usually long tails found around the Old World. They are supported as a clade by molecular analyses (Jetz et al. 2012). Locustellids are secretive birds, often living concealed among tall grasses (hence the vernacular name).
Members of the Locustellidae include the bush warblers of the genus Bradypterus, smaller species found in warm regions of Africa and Asia. Cincloramphus is an Indo-Australian genus of long-tailed, long-legged species.
<==Locustellidae [Megaluridae, Megalurinae]
|--RobsoniusOF19
| |--R. raboriOF19
| |--R. sorsogonensisJT12
| `--R. thompsoniAP21
`--+--LocustellaOF19
`--+--+--+--Eremiornis carteri North 1900BKB15, WS48 [incl. E. c. assimilis Montague 1913WS48, E. c. rogersi Mathews 1913WS48]
| | `--Bowdleria Rothschild 1896 [Bowdleriinae]CC10
| | |--*B. punctata (Quoy & Gaimard in Dumont d’Urville 1830)CC10 (see below for synonymy)
| | | |--B. p. punctata [incl. Sphenoeacus fulvus Gray 1862, B. fulva, Megalurus fulvus]CC10
| | | |--B. p. caudata (Buller 1894) [=Sphenoeacus caudatus]CC10
| | | |--B. p. stewartiana Oliver 1930 (see below for synonymy)CC10
| | | |--B. p. vealeae Kemp 1912CC10
| | | `--B. p. wilsoni Stead 1936CC10
| | `--B. rufescens (Buller 1869) [=Sphenoeacus rufescens, B. punctata rufescens, Megalurus rufescens]CC10
| `--+--‘Megalurus’ timoriensis Wallace 1863BKB15, WS48
| | |--M. t. timoriensisWS48
| | `--M. t. alisteri Mathews 1912WS48
| `--Cincloramphus Gould 1838BKB15, B94 [incl. Ptenoedus Cabanis 1851B94; Ptenoedinae]
| |--C. bivittatusAP21
| |--C. cantatoris Gould 1842G42
| |--C. cruralis (Vigors & Horsfield 1827)WS48 (see below for synonymy)
| |--C. grosvenoriAP21
| |--C. llaneaeAP21
| |--C. macrurusAP21
| |--C. mariaeAP21
| |--C. mathewsi Ireland 1911AP21, WS48 (see below for synonymy)
| |--C. rubiginosusAP21
| |--C. rufusAP21
| |--C. timoriensisAP21
| `--C. whitneyiAP21
`--+--Megalurus Horsfield 1821OF19, B94
| |--M. albolimbatusJT12
| `--M. palustrisBKB15
| |--M. p. palustrisGC09
| `--M. p. toklaoGC09
`--+--SchoenicolaBKB15
| |--S. brevirostrisBKB15
| |--S. platyurusJT12
| `--S. striatusAP21
`--Bradypterus Swainson 1837BKB15, B94 [Bradypterinae]
| i. s.: B. accentorJT12
| B. alfrediJT12
| B. centralisAP21
| B. grandisJT12
| B. palliseriJT12
| B. seebohmiJT12
| B. timorensisJT12
|--+--B. bangwaensisBKB15
| `--+--B. cinnamomeusBKB15
| `--+--B. lopeziBKB15
| `--B. mariaeBKB15
`--+--+--B. brunneusAP21 [=Dromaeocercus brunneusBKB15]
| `--B. sylvaticusBKB15
`--+--+--B. tongensisBKB15 [=B. baboecala tongensisAE06]
| `--B. transvaalensisBKB15 [=B. baboecala transvaalensisAE06]
`--+--B. carpalisBKB15
|--B. graueriBKB15
`--+--B. baboecalaBKB15
`--B. barrattiBKB15
Locustellidae incertae sedis:
HelopsaltesAP21
|--H. amnicolaAP21
|--H. certhiolaAP21
|--H. fasciolatusAP21
|--H. ochotensisAP21
|--H. pleskeiAP21
`--H. pryeriAP21
PoodytesAP21
|--P. albolimbatusAP21
|--P. carteriAP21
|--P. gramineusAP21
`--P. punctatusAP21
Malia grataAP21
Elaphrornis palliseriAP21
Catriscus brevirostrisAP21
*Bowdleria punctata (Quoy & Gaimard in Dumont d’Urville 1830)CC10 [=Synallaxis punctataCC10, Megalurus punctatusBKB15, Sphenoeacus punctatusCC10]
Bowdleria punctata stewartiana Oliver 1930 [=B. punctata stewartiae; incl. B. punctata insularis Stead 1936]CC10
Cincloramphus cruralis (Vigors & Horsfield 1827)WS48 [=Megalurus cruralisWS48; incl. C. cantillansR87, C. cruralis clelandi Mathews 1912WS48, C. cruralis rogersi Mathews 1912WS48]
Cincloramphus mathewsi Ireland 1911AP21, WS48 [=C. rufescens mathewsiWS48; incl. C. mathewsi alisteri Mathews 1912WS48, Anthus rufescens Vigors & Horsfield 1827 (preoc.)WS48, C. rufescensCH89, Ptenoedus rufescensR66, C. mathewsi subalisteri Mathews 1912WS48]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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