Alternative name: Beccari's Scrubwren.
- Sericornis beccarii
Identification
11·5 cm
- Dark olive upperparts
- Brownish crown
Distribution
Australasia: Island of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Queensland
Taxonomy
Some authors have considered this taxon conspecific with Large-billed Scrubwren. More recently, several subspecies were transferred to that species.
Subspecies
There are 7 subspecies[1]:
- S. b. wondiwoi:
- North-western New Guinea (Wondiwoi Mountains)
- S. b. weylandi:
- New Guinea (Weyland Mountains)
- S. b. beccarii:
- Aru Islands
- S. b. cyclopum:
- Northern New Guinea (Cyclops Mountains)
- S. b. randi:
- Southern New Guinea (Trans-Fly lowlands)
- S. b. minimus:
- North-eastern Australia (northern tip of Cape York Peninsula)
- S. b. dubius:
- North-eastern Australia (northern Queensland south to Cooktown)
Habitat
Rainforests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tropical Scrubwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tropical_Scrubwren
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