Spotted Scrubwren
The spotted scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus) is a bird species native to coastal southern Australia, from Adelaide westwards to Shark Bay in Western Australia. It was formerly considered conspecific with the white-browed scrubwren, and is known to hybridize with that species where their ranges overlap in the Adelaide area. Genetic analysis in a 2018 study of the family found that this taxon was more divergent from the white-browed scrubwren than the Tasmanian or Atherton scrubwrens and hence proposed its reclassification as a species. It was reclassified as a species in 2019. == Taxonomy == Sericornis maculatus includes the following subspecies: S. m. ashbyi - Mathews, 1912 S. m. mellori - Mathews, 1912 S. m. maculatus - Gould, 1847 S. m. balstoni - Ogilvie-Grant, 1909
Lincoln National Park
Australia
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Where windswept coastlines meet ochre cliffs along South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, nearly 2,700 square kilometers of wild country unfold in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoffin Bay National Park
Australia
+82 birds+6 mammals
Where the Eyre Peninsula reaches toward the Southern Ocean, windswept dunes and sheltered inlets create a landscape of remarkable ecological […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park
Australia
+77 birds+6 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce the red earth of South Australia’s Mid Murray region, a mosaic of mallee scrub and open […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFlinders Chase National Park
Australia
+86 birds+11 mammals
Where granite tors pierce the windswept landscape of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island, ancient mallee scrub and eucalypt woodland create a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFitzgerald River National Park
Fitzgerald River National Park, Australia
+98 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above windswept heathlands and pristine river systems carve through untamed wilderness, one of Australia’s most biodiverse […]
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