Bicolored scrubwren

Bicolored mouse-warbler
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Aethomyias
Species:	A. nigrorufus
Binomial name
Aethomyias nigrorufus (Salvadori, 1895)
Synonyms
Crateroscelis nigrorufa

The bicolored scrubwren or bicolored mouse-warbler (Aethomyias nigrorufus) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands; its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Crateroscelis but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens and mouse-warblers in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Aethomyias . ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Crateroscelis nigrorufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22704527A130382837. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704527A130382837.en . Retrieved 5 December 2023.
2. Norman, J.A.; Christidis, L.; Schodde, R. (2018). "Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 18 (2): 241–259. doi:10.1007/s13127-018-0364-8. S2CID   46967802.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2023). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List. 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

External links

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