Papuan scrubwren

Papuan scrubwren
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Aethomyias
Species:	A. papuensis
Binomial name
Aethomyias papuensis (De Vis, 1894)
Subspecies [2]
A. p. meeki - (Rothschild & Hartert, 1913) A. p. buergersi - (Stresemann, 1921) A. p. papuensis - (De Vis, 1894)
Synonyms
Sericornis papuensis

The Papuan scrubwren (Aethomyias papuensis) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea; its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Sericornis but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Aethomyias . ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Aethomyias papuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T22704579A264307155. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22704579A264307155.en . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
3. 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.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 January 2019.