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snototter · 2 years ago
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A large billed scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra) in Tarra-Bulga National Park, Victoria, Australia
by Tim Bawden
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drhoz · 1 year ago
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#1994 - Sericornis maculatus - Spotted Scrubwren
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Photo by Keith Morris on iNaturalist.
The name apparently translates as Spotted Silkbird, but I don't know what's particularly silky about them. Only distantly related to the feathered Jurassic dinosaur Serikornis.
A small passerine bird found in undergrowth from Adelaide west to Shark Bay. Before 2019 they would have been considered part of the White-browed Scrubwren, S. frontalis, but the taxonomy of the various subspecies of both remains a bit fluid, and they're known to be cross-fertile where the ranges overlap. Their family, the Acanthizidae—sometimes called Australian warblers - are a sister taxon to the Pardalotes (Pardalotidae).
Scrubwrens are among Australia's most active birds, constantly foraging in pairs amongst the leaf-litter for insects, other small arthropods, and the occasional seed.
The call is a harsh chattering of scalding notes, especially when disturbed. Scrubwrens are also accomplished mimics.
The nest is a large ball of grasses and other plant material, with a side tunnel leading to a cup lined with feathers. This is normally built on or near the ground in thick vegetation, but may be in a tree fork a few metres above. Acanthizids have unusually long incubation periods for passerines, rivalling those of much larger Corvids - Scrubwrens may take 3 weeks to hatch.
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fullfrontalbirds · 1 month ago
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White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
© Sean Fahey
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birdstudies · 8 months ago
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April 15, 2024 - Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus) Found in parts of southwestern Australia, these scrubwrens live in a variety of habitats with dense undergrowth, including forests, heathlands, and parks and gardens. They eat arthropods, as well as seeds and fruit, foraging in pairs and small flocks on the ground and in trees and other plants and often joining mixed-species flocks. Breeding in pairs or as groups with up to four helpers, they build domed nests with side entrances from grass, twigs, fine roots, leaves, feathers, and sometimes hair or fine plant material in cavities in trees, banks, human-made locations such as buckets or flower pots, or in vegetation on or near the ground. Females lay clutches of two or three eggs and incubate them alone. Both parents and any helpers feed the chicks.
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squawkoverflow · 3 months ago
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A new variant has been added!
Perplexing Scrubwren (Sericornis virgatus) © markus lilje
It hatches from brown, drab, energetic, flat, other, pale, perplexing, similar, small, thick, and warm eggs.
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hello-birdies · 5 years ago
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Sericornis magnirostra by Arthur Grosset
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dreamzs338 · 3 years ago
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bryonydunnphotography · 5 years ago
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White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) #birds #wildlife #nature #macro #whitebrowedscrubwren #australianbirds #australianwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #macrophotography #birdsofaustralia #best_birds_of_world #birds_adored #your_best_birds #birdlifeoz #charming_nature #flowersandmacro #etoe_2 #discovermitchell #mynikonlife #top_macro #macrogrammers #topmacros #ausgeo #unique_australia https://www.instagram.com/p/CBarx0cprXH/?igshid=acy2mblsk2m3
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artscult-com · 7 years ago
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Allied Sericornis, Yellow-throated Sericornis, Sombre-coloured Sericornis - high resolution image from old book.
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artscult · 7 years ago
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White-fronted Sericornis, Buff-breasted Sericornis, Large-billed Sericornis, Spotted Sericornis - high resolution image from old book.
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drhoz · 1 year ago
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There are 6 scrub-wrens in Australia all with a e-zitt call and here we look at their behaviour. Beginning with the White-browed , large billed and Yellow-throated. Unfortunately I have not included the Tasmanian bird
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birdstudies · 1 year ago
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July 11, 2023 - Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri) These scrubwrens are found in northeastern Australia in rainforests and wet eucalyptus woodlands. They eat insects, foraging mostly on the ground and in the lower canopy alone, in pairs, or in family groups. Breeding from August to December, they build domed or egg-shaped nests with side entrances from leaves, stems, fern fronds, dry grass, soft plant fibers, and feathers usually on or near the ground in banks, grass clumps, and ferns. Females incubate clutches of two eggs. They are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to rapid population declines from the direct and indirect effects of climate change.
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squawkoverflow · 1 year ago
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Large Scrubwren (Sericornis nouhuysi) © markus lilje
It hatches from brown, drab, dry, energetic, large, other, pale, rusty, similar, small, and warm eggs.
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squawkoverflow · 1 year ago
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Tropical Scrubwren (Sericornis beccarii) © Geoff Walker
It hatches from black, brown, distinct, distinctive, long, northern, pale, short, small, thick, thin, and white eggs.
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squawkoverflow · 2 years ago
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White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) © Unknown
It hatches from absent, black, brown, clear, coastal, dark, musical, northern, olive, present, small, thick, white, wide, and widespread eggs.
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squawkoverflow · 1 year ago
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Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus) © pimelea
It hatches from absent, black, brown, clear, coastal, dark, musical, northern, olive, present, small, thick, white, wide, and widespread eggs.
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