Tropical scrubwren

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

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