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Tropical scrubwren
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Sericornis
Species:	S. beccarii
Binomial name
Sericornis beccarii Salvadori, 1874

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, the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Sericornis beccarii includes the following subspecies:

• 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

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Sericornis beccarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T104008462A93975091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T104008462A93975091.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Species profile—Sericornis beccarii (tropical scrubwren)". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
3. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.

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