Sericornis - White-Browed Scrubwren, Yellow-Throated Scrubwren, Tropical Scrubwren, Large-Billed Scrubwren, Tasmanian Scrubwren (Paperback)

Chapters: White-Browed Scrubwren, Yellow-Throated Scrubwren, Tropical Scrubwren, Large-Billed Scrubwren, Tasmanian Scrubwren, Atherton Scrubwren, Perplexing Scrubwren, Buff-Faced Scrubwren, Vogelkop Scrubwren, Grey-Green Scrubwren, Papuan Scrubwren, Pale-Billed Scrubwren, Large Scrubwren. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) is a passerine bird found in coastal areas of Australia. Placed in the family Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now known to be wrong; they rather belong to the independent family Acanthizidae. It is insectivorous and inhabits undergrowth, from which it rarely ventures, though can be found close to urban areas. It is 1114 cm (5-6 in) long and predominantly brown in colour with prominent white brows and pale eyes, though the three individual subspecies vary widely. Found in small groups, it is sedentary and engages in cooperative breeding. The larger Tasmanian Scrubwren is sometimes considered a subspecies of this species. The White-browed Scrubwren was originally described by naturalists Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827. The specific epithet frontalis derived from the Latin frons "eyebrow." It is now divided into three subspecies: S. humilis, the Tasmanian Scrubwren, is found in Tasmania and Bass Strait islands and sometimes considered a subspecies of the White-browed Scrubwren. It is larger at 13.5 cm long and lays larger eggs. Mainland birds measure 11.5 cm (41/2 in) in length and olive brown upperparts (greyish brown in the spotted subspecies and dark brown in Tasmania), with prominent pale irises and a white brow. The throat is white with faint streaks in the subspecies frontalis and laevigaster and hea...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4215