Biology:Papuan scrubwren

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Short description: Species of bird

Papuan scrubwren
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Aethomyias
Species:
A. papuensis
Binomial name
Aethomyias papuensis
(De Vis, 1894)
Subspecies[2]
  • A. p. meeki - (Rothschild & Hartert, 1913)
  • A. p. buergersi - (Stresemann, 1921)
  • A. p. papuensis - (De Vis, 1894)
Synonyms

Sericornis papuensis

The Papuan scrubwren (Aethomyias papuensis) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea; its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Sericornis but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Aethomyias.[3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1922999 entry