Buff-faced scrubwren
Appearance
Buff-faced scrubwren | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acanthizidae |
Genus: | Aethomyias |
Species: | A. perspicillatus
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Binomial name | |
Aethomyias perspicillatus (Salvadori, 1896)
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Synonyms | |
Sericornis perspicillatus |
The buff-faced scrubwren (Aethomyias perspicillatus) is a bird species in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea; Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Sericornis but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Aethomyias.[2][3]
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Sericornis perspicillatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22704573A118668747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22704573A118668747.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Norman, J.A.; Christidis, L.; Schodde, R. (2018). "Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 18 (2): 241–259. doi:10.1007/s13127-018-0364-8. S2CID 46967802.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 January 2019.