BirdUp · Species
Atherton Scrubwren
Sericornis keriMathews, 1920
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Genus
- Sericornis
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Atherton scrubwren 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.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Montane Atherton Tablelands, south-east Cape York Pen., north-east QLD (north-east Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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