Biology:Sericornis
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Short description: Genus of birds
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| A female (left) white-browed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) sings to its mate | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Sericornis Gould, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthiza frontalis[1] Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
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Sericornis is a genus of small, mainly insectivorous birds, the scrubwrens in the family Acanthizidae. Despite the similarity in shape and habits, the true wrens (Troglodytidae) are a quite unrelated group of passerines.
The genus previously contained additional species but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens in 2018, several species were moved to the resurrected genus Aethomyias and the yellow-throated scrubwren was placed in its own monotypic genus Neosericornis.[2][3]
The genus contains eight species:[3]
- Large-billed scrubwren, Sericornis magnirostra
- Tropical scrubwren or Beccari's scrubwren, Sericornis beccarii - sometimes included in S. magnirostris
- Large scrubwren, Sericornis nouhuysi
- Spotted scrubwren, Sericornis maculatus - previously included in S. frontalis
- Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren, Sericornis humilis - previously included in S. frontalis
- Atherton scrubwren, Sericornis keri
- White-browed scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis
- Perplexing scrubwren, Sericornis virgatus
References
- ↑ "Acanthizidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=170.
- ↑ Norman, J.A.; Christidis, L.; Schodde, R. (2018). "Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 18 (2): 241–259. doi:10.1007/s13127-018-0364-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bristlebirds/. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN:978-84-96553-42-2
Wikidata ☰ Q134369 entry
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