Tropical scrubwren

Tropical scrubwren
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Species profile—Sericornis beccarii (tropical scrubwren)". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 April 2024.