About the Spotted Scrubwren
The spotted scrubwren is a bird species native to coastal southern Australia, from Adelaide westwards to Shark Bay in Western Australia. It was formerly considered conspecific with the white-browed scrubwren, and is known to hybridize with that species where their ranges overlap in the Adelaide area. Genetic analysis in a 2018 study of the family found that this taxon was more divergent from the white-browed scrubwren than the Tasmanian or Atherton scrubwrens and hence proposed its reclassification as a species. It was reclassified as a species in 2019.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilisThe Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren is a bird species endemic to the temperate forests of Tasmania and nearby King Island.
Atherton ScrubwrenSericornis keriThe Atherton scrubwren is a bird species.
Large ScrubwrenSericornis nouhuysiThe large scrubwren is a bird species.
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