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Tasmanian scrubwren

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Tasmanian scrubwren

| image = Sericornis humilis - Melaleuca.jpg

| image_caption = In Tasmania

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Sericornis humilis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22704542A93974754 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704542A93974754.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Sericornis

| species = humilis

| authority = Gould, 1838

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision_ref = Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.

| subdivision =

  • S. h. tregellasi - (Mathews, 1914)
  • S. h. humilis - Gould, 1838

| synonyms =

}}

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.

Taxonomy

File:Cayley p20 Scrubwrens.png, 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.{{Cite book | first = Phil | last = Gregory | editor-first = Josep | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor2-first = Andrew | editor2-last = Elliott | editor3-first = David | editor3-last = Christie | contribution = Family Acanthizidae (Thornbills) | title = Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees | year = 2007 | page = 583| place = Barcelona | publisher = Lynx Edicions | isbn = 978-84-96553-42-2 }}

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of Tasmanian scrubwren:{{ Cite web |url=https://observation.org/species/75089/ |title=Tasmanian scrubwren}} on Observation.org

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

References

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Category:Sericornis

Category:Endemic birds of Tasmania

Category:Birds described in 1838

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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