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Buff-faced scrubwren

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Buff-faced scrubwren
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Aethomyias
Species:
A. perspicillatus
Binomial name
Aethomyias perspicillatus
(Salvadori, 1896)
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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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 January 2019.