The tropical scrubwren or Beccari's scrubwren (''Sericornis beccarii'') is a

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Acanthizidae The Acanthizidae—known as Australian warblers—are a family of passerine birds which includes gerygones, the thornbills '' Acanthiza'', and the scrubwrens of '' Sericornis''. The Acanthizidae family consists of small to medium passerine birds, ...

. It is found in tropical moist forests of northern

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Taxonomy

''Sericornis beccarii'' includes the following subspecies:Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2. * ''S. b. wondiwoi'' – Mayr, 1937 * ''S. b. beccarii'' – Salvadori, 1874 * ''S. b. weylandi'' – Mayr, 1937 * ''S. b. idenburgi'' – Rand, 1941 * ''S. b. cyclopum'' – Hartert, 1930 * ''S. b. randi'' – Mayr, 1937 * ''S. b. minimus'' – Gould, 1875 * ''S. b. dubius'' – Mayr, 1937

References

Sericornis Birds described in 1874 Taxa named by Tommaso Salvadori Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Acanthizidae-stub