Large-billed scrubwren

Large-billed scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren at Lamington National Park, Queensland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Sericornis
Species: S. magnirostra
Binomial name
Sericornis magnirostra
(Gould, 1838)
Synonyms

Sericornis magnirostris

The large-billed scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra) 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.

Described by ornithologist John Gould in 1838, it is endemic to eastern Australia. It is found in denser undergrowth in temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sericornis magnirostra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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