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Subspecies viridior
Photo © Mat & Cathy
Mt Hypipamee, nr Atherton, Queensland, Australia, July 2009

Sericornis magnirostra

Identification

Large dark red-brown eye, pale buff face, upperparts olive-brown, red-brown on the head and rump and the base of tail is washed rufous (reddish), with light buff underparts.

Distribution

Eastern Australia east of the Great Dividing Range from about Cooktown (Queensland) to about Melbourne (Victoria). Not migratory.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized^[1]: magnirostra, viridior, and howei.

Habitat

Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests.

Behaviour

Diet

Diet includes insects and spiders, which it forages for by working upwards on trunks and branches of trees and vines 3 m - 17 m above the forest floor.

Breeding

It seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Large-billed Scrubwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Large-billed_Scrubwren

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-;Sericornis magnirostra
+[[Image:Large-billed Scrubwren2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''viridior''<br />Photo &copy; '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=16212 Mat & Cathy]'''<br />Mt Hypipamee, nr Atherton, [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], July 2009]]
+;[[:Category:Sericornis|Sericornis]] magnirostra
 ==Identification==
-The Large-billed Scrubwren is a medium-sized, plain-coloured, arboreal (tree-dwelling) scrubwren with a rather short tail. Its long, dagger-like bill appears tilted upwards. The large dark red-brown eye stands out in the pale buff (orange-brown) face. The upperparts are olive-brown, more red-brown on the head and rump and the base of tail is washed rufous (reddish), with light buff underparts.
+Large dark red-brown eye, pale buff face, upperparts olive-brown, red-brown on the head and rump and the base of tail is washed rufous (reddish), with light buff underparts.
 ==Distribution==
-The Large-billed Scrubwren occurs in coastal south-eastern Australia, from Cooktown, Queensland to Kinglake National Park north east of Melbourne, Victoria, and inland as far as Chinchilla, Queensland, and Tenterfield, New South Wales.
+Eastern [[Australia]] east of the Great Dividing Range from about Cooktown (Queensland) to about Melbourne (Victoria). Not migratory.
 ==Taxonomy==
+Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: ''magnirostra'', ''viridior'', and ''howei''.
 ==Habitat==
-The Large-billed Scrubwren lives in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests, from the coastal lowlands to the slopes, ridges and tablelands of the Great Dividing Range.
+Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests.
 ==Behaviour==
-The Large-billed Scrubwren, unlike most scrubwrens, does not feed on the ground. It forages for insects and spiders, working upwards on trunks and branches of trees and vines 3 m - 17 m above the forest floor. It usually forages in pairs or small flocks of up to six birds, but can at times also feed in mixed species flocks.
+====Diet====
-In south-eastern Australia, it seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers.
+Diet includes insects and spiders, which it forages for by working upwards on trunks and branches of trees and vines 3 m - 17 m above the forest floor.
+====Breeding====
+It seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Sericornis+magnirostra}}
-*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=64&bid=999 View more images of this species on the ABID]
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sericornis]]