Saturday, March 31, 2012

>Sericornis nouhuysi (Large Scrubwren)

Large Scrubwren



Large Scrubwren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Acanthizidae
Genus:Sericornis
Species:S. nouhuysi
Binomial name
Sericornis nouhuysi
van Oort, 1909
The Large Scrubwren (Sericornis nouhuysi) is a bird species. Placed in the family Pardalotidaein 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 Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moistmontane forests.

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