Tropical scrubwren
| Tropical scrubwren | |
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| Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 north-eastern Australia including Queensland,[2] the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Sericornis beccarii includes the following subspecies:[3]
- S. b. wondiwoi – Mayr, 1937
- S. b. beccarii – Salvadori, 1874
- S. b. weylandi – Mayr, 1937
- S. b. idenburgi – Rand, 1941
- S. b. cyclopum – Hartert, 1930
- S. b. randi – Mayr, 1937
- S. b. minimus – Gould, 1875
- S. b. dubius – Mayr, 1937
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sericornis beccarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T104008462A93975091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T104008462A93975091.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Species profile—Sericornis beccarii (tropical scrubwren)". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.