Tropical scrubwren explained

The tropical scrubwren or Beccari's scrubwren (Sericornis beccarii) 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 tropical moist forests of north-eastern Australia including Queensland,^[1] the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Sericornis beccarii includes the following subspecies:^[2]

• S. b. wondiwoi – Mayr, 1937
• S. b. beccarii – Salvadori, 1874
• S. b. weylandi – Mayr, 1937
• S. b. idenburgi – Rand, 1941
• S. b. cyclopum – Hartert, 1930
• S. b. randi – Mayr, 1937
• S. b. minimus – Gould, 1875
• S. b. dubius – Mayr, 1937

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species profile—Sericornis beccarii (tropical scrubwren) . 2024-04-05 . Species information . Queensland Government.
2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.