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Cincloramphus

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Cincloramphus
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Cincloramphus is a genus of birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae.

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The genus Cincloramphus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1838 with the brown songlark as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek kinklos meaning "thrush" with rhamphos meaning "bill".[4]

A comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the family Locustellidae published in 2018 found that many of the genera were non-monophyletic. In the resulting reorganization the genera Megalurulus and Buettikoferella became junior synonyms of the resurrected genus Cincloramphus.[5][6]

The genus now contains 12 species:[6]

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