Tasmanian Scrubwren
| Tasmanian Scrubwren | |
|---|---|
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| In Tasmania | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Sericornis |
| Species: | S. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sericornis humilis Gould, 1838 | |
The Tasmanian Scrubwren or Brown Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) 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 alternately considered a subspecies of the smaller White-browed Scrubwren,and further research is needed to understand the relationships between the two species.
It is 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.
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