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ForestDomed nestTiny · 10 g
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The scrubtit is 11 to 12 centimetres (4.33 to 4.72 in) long and weighs around 10 grams (0.35 oz). The plumage consists of a white throat and belly, a brown back, crown, flank and tail, black wings and grey on the face. The eye is pale and the bill is short, black and slightly curved. The species is often silent, but makes quite loud contact calls and has a song described as "sweet musical".
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When to see the Scrubtit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scrubtit
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Scrubtit
The scrubtit is a species of bird in the thornbill family Acanthizidae. It is endemic to Tasmania and King Island in Australia. Its natural habitat is the temperate rainforest, Nothofagus beech forest and eucalypt woodland. It is a small species that resembles the Sericornis scrubwrens.
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Easily confused with
Plain GerygoneGerygone inornataThe plain gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
Brown-breasted GerygoneGerygone ruficollisThe brown-breasted gerygone or treefern gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
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