Sericornis
| Scrubwrens | |
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| A female (left) white-browed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) sings to its mate | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Sericornis Gould, 1838 |
| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Sericornis is a genus of small, mainly insectivorous, birds, the scrubwrens. They are placed in the family Acanthizidae which was included in the Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy. However, this placement was always controversial and indeed has since turned out to be false.
Despite the similarity in shape and habits, the true wrens (Troglodytidae) are a quite unrelated group of passerines.
Sericornis contains the following species and notable subspecies:
- Grey-green scrubwren, Sericornis arfakianus
- Tropical scrubwren or Beccari's scrubwren, Sericornis beccarii - sometimes included in S. magnirostris
- Yellow-throated scrubwren, Sericornis citreogularis
- White-browed scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis
- Spotted scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis maculatus
- Buff-breasted scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis laevigaster
- Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren, Sericornis humilis - sometimes included in S. frontalis
- Atherton scrubwren, Sericornis keri
- Large-billed scrubwren, Sericornis magnirostris
- Large scrubwren, Sericornis nouhuysi
- Papuan scrubwren, Sericornis papuensis
- Buff-faced scrubwren, Sericornis perspicillatus
- Vogelkop scrubwren, Sericornis rufescens
- Pale-billed scrubwren, Sericornis spilodera
- Perplexing scrubwren, Sericornis virgatus
References
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2