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Scrubwrens
A female (left) White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) sings to its mate
A female (left) White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) sings to its mate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Superfamily: Meliphagoidea
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Sericornis
Species

13, see text

Sericornis is a genus of small, mainly insectivorous, birds, the scrubwrens. The White-browed Scrubwren ( Sericornis frontalis) is a Passerine bird found in coastal areas of Australia. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Modern birds (subclass Neornithes) are the members of class Aves that have survived into recent times and have coexisted with Humans Modern birds are Neognaths ( Neognathae) are Birds within the Subclass Neornithes of the class Aves. Neognaths ( Neognathae) are Birds within the Subclass Neornithes of the class Aves. SongBird is a Dutch Record label owned by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink Meliphagoidea is a Superfamily of Passerine birds They contain a vast diversity of small to mid-sized Songbirds widespread in the Austropacific region The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian Warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include Gerygones Thornbills and Scrubwrens In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. They are placed in the family Acanthizidae which was included in the Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy. In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian Warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include Gerygones Thornbills and Scrubwrens The large and diverse Passerine bird family Pardalotidae includes the Pardalotes Scrubwrens Thornbills Gerygones and allies The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical bird Taxonomy proposed by Charles Sibley and Jon Edward Ahlquist. 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. The wrens are Passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae.

Sericornis contains the following species and notable subspecies:

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