Tropical scrubwren

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.

Tropical scrubwren
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Sericornis
Species:
S. beccarii
Binomial name
Sericornis beccarii
Salvadori, 1874

It is found in tropical moist forests of north-eastern Australia, the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea.

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