Tropical scrubwren
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Tropical scrubwren
| image = Sericornis beccarii - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg
| image_caption=Illustration by William Matthew Hart
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Sericornis
| species = beccarii
| authority = Salvadori, 1874
| synonyms =
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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,{{Cite web |title=Species profile—Sericornis beccarii (tropical scrubwren) |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=1395 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Species information |publisher=Queensland Government}} the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Sericornis beccarii includes the following subspecies:Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
- S. b. wondiwoi – Mayr, 1937
- S. b. beccarii – Salvadori, 1874
- S. b. weylandi – Mayr, 1937
- S. b. idenburgi – Rand, 1941
- S. b. cyclopum – Hartert, 1930
- S. b. randi – Mayr, 1937
- S. b. minimus – Gould, 1875
- S. b. dubius – Mayr, 1937
References
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Category:Birds of the Aru Islands
Category:Birds of Cape York Peninsula
Category:Birds of southern New Guinea
Category:Birds described in 1874
Category:Taxa named by Tommaso Salvadori
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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