Saturday, March 31, 2012

>Sericornis virgatus (Perplexing Scrubwren)

Perplexing Scrubwren




Perplexing Scrubwren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Acanthizidae
Genus:Sericornis
Species:S. virgatus
Binomial name
Sericornis virgatus
(Reichenow, 1915)
The Perplexing Scrubwren (Sericornis virgatus) 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 habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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