Sericornis

Taxobox
name = Scrubwrens

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = A female (left) White-browed Scrubwren ("Sericornis frontalis") sings to its mate
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Neornithes
infraclassis = Neognathae
superordo = Neoaves
ordo = Passeriformes
subordo = Passeri
superfamilia = Meliphagoidea
familia = Acanthizidae
genus = "Sericornis"
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =13, see text

"Sericornis" is a genus of small, mainly insectivorous, birds, the scrubwrens. They are placed in the family Acanthizidae which was included in the Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy. However, this placement was always controversial and indeed has since turned out to be false.

Despite the similarity in shape and habits, the true wrens (Troglodytidae) are a quite unrelated group of passerines.

"Sericornis" contains the following species and notableVerify source|date=February 2008 subspecies:
* Grey-green Scrubwren, "Sericornis arfakianus"
* Tropical Scrubwren or Beccari's Scrubwren, "Sericornis beccarii" - sometimes included in "S. magnirostris"
* Yellow-throated Scrubwren, "Sericornis citreogularis"
* White-browed Scrubwren, "Sericornis frontalis"
** Spotted Scrubwren, "Sericornis frontalis maculatus"
** Buff-breasted Scrubwren, "Sericornis frontalis laevigaster"
* Tasmanian Scrubwren or Brown Scrubwren, "Sericornis humilis" - sometimes included in "S. frontalis"
* Atherton Scrubwren, "Sericornis keri"
* Large-billed Scrubwren, "Sericornis magnirostris"
* Large Scrubwren, "Sericornis nouhuysi"
* Papuan Scrubwren, "Sericornis papuensis"
* Buff-faced Scrubwren, "Sericornis perspicillatus"
* Vogelkop Scrubwren, "Sericornis rufescens"
* Pale-billed Scrubwren, "Sericornis spilodera"
* Perplexing Scrubwren, "Sericornis virgatus"

References

* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422