Pale-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis spilodera)

Other Names (World)
Pale-billed Scrubwren, Pale-billed Sericornis

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
10 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Pale-billed Scrubwren (Aethomyias spilodera) [XC140958]
by id from Waropen Atas, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Pale-billed Scrubwren (Aethomyias) [XC122102]
by Bas van Balen from Mile 45, Freeport, Papua, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

ferrugineus (Stresemann & Paludan, 1932) - Waigeo I (northern West Papuan Is).
batantae Mayr, 1986 - Batanta I (central West Papuan Is).
spilodera (Gray, 1859) - Mainland north-western and northern New Guinea east to Astrolabe Bay, and YapenI (in Geelvink Bay).
aruensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) - Aru Is.
granti Hartert, 1930 - Western New Guinea (Snow Mts).
wuroi Mayr, 1937 - Southern New Guinea (locally in Trans-Fly lowlands).
guttatus Sharpe, 1882 - Mountains of eastern New Guinea (eastern from Huon Peninsula and Aroa R).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pale-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis spilodera) - 6 files

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