Biology:Tasmanian scrubwren

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Short description: Species of bird

Tasmanian scrubwren
Sericornis humilis - Melaleuca.jpg
In Tasmania
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Sericornis
Species:
S. humilis
Binomial name
Sericornis humilis
Gould, 1838
Subspecies[2]
  • S. h. tregellasi - (Mathews, 1914)
  • S. h. humilis - Gould, 1838

The Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) is a bird species endemic to the temperate forests of Tasmania and nearby King Island. It lives in the understory of rainforest, woodland, dry forest, swamps and coastal scrublands.[3]

Taxonomy

The scrubwrens by Neville William Cayley, including S. humilis on the right.

Placed in the family Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now no longer accepted; they instead are currently placed in the independent family Acanthizidae. It is alternately considered a subspecies of the smaller white-browed scrubwren, and further research is needed to understand the relationships between the two species.[3]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of Tasmanian scrubwren:[4]

  • S. h. humilis – nominate subspecies; Tasmania
  • S. h. tregellasi – King Island

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Sericornis humilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22704542A93974754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704542A93974754.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22704542/93974754. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gregory, Phil (2007). "Family Acanthizidae (Thornbills)". in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. p. 583. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2. 
  4. https://observation.org/species/75089/

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