Scrubwren

Scrubwrens
A female (left) white-browed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis) sings to its mate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthizidae
Genus:	Sericornis Gould, 1838
Species
13, see text

13, see text

Sericornis is a genus of small, mainly insectivorous birds, the scrubwrens. They are placed in the family Acanthizidae which was included in the Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy. However, this placement was always controversial and indeed has since turned out to be false.

Despite the similarity in shape and habits, the true wrens (Troglodytidae) are a quite unrelated group of passerines.

Sericornis contains the following species and notable subspecies:

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