Saturday, March 31, 2012

>Sericornis rufescens (Vogelkop Scrubwren)

Vogelkop Scrubwren

Vogelkop Scrubwren (Sericornis rufescens)


Vogelkop Scrubwren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Acanthizidae
Genus:Sericornis
Species:S. rufescens
Binomial name
Sericornis rufescens
(Salvadori, 1876)
The Vogelkop Scrubwren (Sericornis rufescens) 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 endemic to West PapuaIndonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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