It was described as new to science in 2006. This bird is hitherto only known from the Crown Prince Range on the island of Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea.
The Cettia haddeni is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.
Cettia haddeni is a newly described species (LeCroy & Barker 2006, BLI 1.0) 5. Populations of Cettia flavolivacea are probably conspecific with C. vulcania (Olson et al. 2006). 6. Move Tickellia from Sylviidae to Cettidae (Alström et al 2006, Johansson et al 2008) 7. More
The Odedi Cettia haddeni is a bird species in the Old World Warbler family, described as new to science in 2006 from the Crown Prince Range on the island of Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea. LeCroy, M. & F.K. Barker (2006): A new species of bush-warbler from Bougainville Island and a monophyletic origin for southwest Pacific Cettia. American Museum Novitates 3511: 1-20. More
Range & population Cettia haddeni is endemic to the island of Bougainville, Paupa New Guinea. It has only recently been described, although its existence has long been known to local inhabitants1. Since 1972, ornithologists have been aware of its presence, but only through voice1. Years of civil war prevented fieldwork in the 1990s and it was not until 2000 that the first individual was mist-netted1. More