Sericornis
| Scrubwrens | |
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| A female (left) White-browed Scrubwren(Sericornis frontalis) sings to its mate | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Sericornis Gould, 1838 |
| Species | |
13, see text
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Sericornis is a genus of small, mainly insectivorous, birds, the scrubwrens. They are placed in the family Acanthizidae which was included in the Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy. However, this placement was always controversial and indeed has since turned out to be false.
Despite the similarity in shape and habits, the true wrens (Troglodytidae) are a quite unrelated group of passerines.
Sericornis contains the following species and notable[verification needed] subspecies:
- Grey-green Scrubwren, Sericornis arfakianus
- Tropical Scrubwren or Beccari's Scrubwren, Sericornis beccarii - sometimes included in S. magnirostris
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Sericornis citreogularis
- White-browed Scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis
- Spotted Scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis maculatus
- Buff-breasted Scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis laevigaster
- Tasmanian Scrubwren or Brown Scrubwren, Sericornis humilis - sometimes included in S. frontalis
- Atherton Scrubwren, Sericornis keri
- Large-billed Scrubwren, Sericornis magnirostris
- Large Scrubwren, Sericornis nouhuysi
- Papuan Scrubwren, Sericornis papuensis
- Buff-faced Scrubwren, Sericornis perspicillatus
- Vogelkop Scrubwren, Sericornis rufescens
- Pale-billed Scrubwren, Sericornis spilodera
- Perplexing Scrubwren, Sericornis virgatus
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