PASSERIFORMES: Acanthizidae

Sericornis keri  

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Mount Lewis, QLD (Sep, 2014)

"Unlike its arboreal look-alike, the Atherton Scrubwren is a bird of the forest floor and undergrowth within two metres of the ground. It feeds more sedately, without the active flitting of the Large-billed Scrubwren."*


*Boles, Walter E; Edden, Robert (1990). Birds of Australian Rainforests. The Currawong Press, p.115.

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren

Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)

Atherton Scrubwren