Tasmanian scrubwren
Species of bird
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The Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) is a bird species endemic to the temperate forests of Tasmania and nearby King Island. It lives in the understory of rainforest, woodland, dry forest, swamps and coastal scrublands.[3]
| Tasmanian scrubwren | |
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| In Tasmania | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Sericornis |
| Species: | S. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sericornis humilis Gould, 1838 | |
| Subspecies[2] | |
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Taxonomy
Placed in the family Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now no longer accepted; they instead are currently placed in the independent family Acanthizidae. It is alternately considered a subspecies of the smaller white-browed scrubwren, and further research is needed to understand the relationships between the two species.[3]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of Tasmanian scrubwren:[4]
- S. h. humilis – nominate subspecies; Tasmania
- S. h. tregellasi – King Island
