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 LC    Yellow-throated Scrubwren* Id (Atlas):
    Sericornis citreogularis

Description (10)
Image of Yellow-throated Scrubwren
 

Other Names (World)
Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Devilbird, Black-nest Bird, Yellow Throat

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
12 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1838

Derivation
Sër-ic-orn'-is - Gk, sericos, silken; Gk, ornis, bird: cit'-re-o-gül-a'-ris - L., citreum, the lemon or citrus; L., gularis, throated

Habitat
Gloomy gullies and undergrowth, ferns and debris beneath a dense canopy.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Yellow-throated Scrubwren
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs.

Food
Insects, procured on the ground, on logs, or among fallen leaves or other debris, but also fungi, seeds and fruit.

Voice
Clear, cheery, melodious, whistled calls. An accomplished mimic. Contact calls are sharp, abrupy: 'chiep, chiep, chiep'. Scolds harshly, 'chzzak-chzzak-chzzak'.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

 
Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis) [XC816160]
     by id from Paluma Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (song)

 
Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis) [XC620271]
     by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Atherton Tablelands Birdwatchers' Cabin (near Wondecla), Tablelands Regional, Queensland, Australia (alarm call)

Nest
Bulky and pear-shaped, with a hooded side-entrance, composed of dark-colored rootlets, threads of horse-hair fungus, and skeletons of leaves and ferns, mingled with moss, lined with feathers, attached near the end of a pendulous branch of a tree, often overhanging water, from 1 - 10 meters above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
3, rarely 2 or 4; smooth and glossy, pale chocolate pink to chocolate brown with a darker zone, or a series of zones, at the larger end; rounded-oval to log-oval; about 26 x 18 mm. Incubation: 21 days; by both sexes.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 21 days. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
The provenance of intermedius, is uncertain.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • citreogularis Gould, 1838   -  Coastal NSW east of the Great Divide, from the Clarence River south to Mt Dromedary.
  • intermedius (Mathews, 1912)   -  South-eastern Qld and north-eastern NSW east of the Great Divide, from the Cooroy, Jimna Ranges and Bunya Mountains, Qld south to the Clarence River., NSW.
  • cairnsi (Mathews, 1912)   -  Atherton - Windsor Uplands, north-eastern Qld.



References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
JPG files for Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis) - 10 filesMP3 files for Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis) - 1 files


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