Saturday, March 31, 2012

>Sericornis perspicillatus (Buff-faced Scrubwren)

Buff-faced Scrubwren



Buff-faced Scrubwren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Acanthizidae
Genus:Sericornis
Species:S. perspicillatus
Binomial name
Sericornis perspicillatus
Salvadori, 1896
The Buff-faced Scrubwren (Sericornis perspicillatus) is a bird species. Placed in the familyPardalotidae 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 Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moistmontane forests.

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