Perplexing Scrubwren
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| Sericornis virgatus (Reichenow, 1915) |
The Perplexing Scrubwren (Sericornis virgatus) is a bird species. Placed in the family Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now known to be wrong; they rather belong to the independent family Acanthizidae.
It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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- BirdLife International 2004. Sericornis virgatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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