Tropical scrubwren
Tropical scrubwren | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acanthizidae |
Genus: | Sericornis |
Species: | S. beccarii |
Binomial name | |
Sericornis beccarii Salvadori, 1874 | |
The tropical scrubwren or Beccari's scrubwren (Sericornis beccarii) 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 tropical moist forests of northern Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
It is now considered conspecific with the large-billed scrubwren, S. magnirostris.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Sericornis beccarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.