The large scrubwren (''Sericornis nouhuysi'') is a

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. Placed in the

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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 The Acanthizidae—known as Australian warblers—are a family of passerine birds which includes gerygones, the thornbills '' Acanthiza'', and the scrubwrens of ''Sericornis''. The Acanthizidae family consists of small to medium passerine birds, ...

. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist

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Taxonomy

''Sericornis nouhuysi'' includes the following subspecies:Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2. * ''S. n. cantans'' - Mayr, 1930 * ''S. n. nouhuysi'' - Van Oort, 1909 * ''S. n. stresemanni'' - Mayr, 1930 * ''S. n. adelberti'' - Pratt, 1982 * ''S. n. oorti'' - Rothschild & Hartert, 1913 * ''S. n. monticola'' - Mayr & Rand, 1936

References

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