Perplexing scrubwren
| Perplexing scrubwren | |
|---|---|
| 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 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 found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It owes its vernacular name to its problematic taxonomy. In some areas it interbreeds with the large-billed scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostris), with which it is often considered conspecific, but in other areas they apparently do not interbreed.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Sericornis virgatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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