Atherton scrubwren

Atherton scrubwren
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Sericornis
Species:
S. keri
Binomial name
Sericornis keri
Mathews, 1920

The Atherton scrubwren (Sericornis keri) 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 endemic to Queensland (south-eastern coasts of Cape York Peninsula). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2022). "Sericornis keri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22704546A211231978. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22704546A211231978.en.