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[[Image:Yellow-throated_Scrubwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Tom+Tarrant|Tom Tarrant}}<br />[[Lamington National Park]], [[Queensland]], July 2005]]
 
;[[:Category:Sericornis|Sericornis]] citreogularis
 
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[[Image:Yellow-throated_Scrubwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Tom Tarrant<br />Photo taken: Lamington NP, SE Queensland.]]
 
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:Yellow-throated-Scrubwren-A1744W.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Yarraman State Forest, [[Queensland]], November 2016]]
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12–15 cm (4¾-6 in)
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*Black facial mask and forehead
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*White and yellow [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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*Bright yellow throat
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*Dark olive brown crown and back
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*White belly
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*Olive flanks
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*Dark greyish-brown wings with yellowy outer edges
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*Cream to pinkish-grey legs
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*Black bill<br />
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'''Females''': brown face mask and forehead<br />
  
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12.5-15cm.  Black face mask and forehead, white and yellow eyebrow above, bright yellow throat below, dark olive brown crown and back, white belly, olive flanks, dark grey brown wings with yellowy outer edges, cream to pinkish-grey legs, black bill. Females - brown face mask and forehead. Young birds are duller than adults, with fawn underparts.
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Young birds are duller than adults, with fawn underparts.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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East coast of [[Australia]].
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East coast of [[Australia]]: found in [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]] and [[Victoria]]
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''S. c. cairnsi'':
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:*North East [[Queensland]] (Cooktown to Paluma Range)
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*''S. c. intermedius'':
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:*East Australia (south-eastern Queensland to Clarence River, [[New South Wales]])
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*''S. c. citreogularis'':
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:East New South Wales (Clarence River to Mount Dromedary)
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Rainforests and wet, timbered gullies with dense vegetation.
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Dark understorey of coastal rainforests and wet, timbered gullies with dense vegetation.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes seeds, insects and other small invertebrates.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of insects, worms and spiders, with the inclusion of seeds, fungus and fruit.
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It builds a long, bulky domed nest with a hooded side entrance, from roots, vine tendrils, leaf skeletons, moss and twigs, and lined with feathers. 2-3 brownish-purple to pale brownish-white with darker spots or blotches, eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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They build a long, bulky domed nest with a hooded side entrance, from roots, vine tendrils, leaf skeletons, moss and twigs, and lined with feathers. The clutch consists of 2-3 brownish-purple to pale brownish-white eggs with darker spots or blotches.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)
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#Birds in Backyards
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Sericornis+citreogularis}}
 
{{GSearch|Sericornis+citreogularis}}
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=64&bid=992 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=64&bid=992 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sericornis]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sericornis]]

Revision as of 20:52, 27 November 2016

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Lamington National Park, Queensland, July 2005
Sericornis citreogularis

Identification

Female
Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Yarraman State Forest, Queensland, November 2016

12–15 cm (4¾-6 in)

  • Black facial mask and forehead
  • White and yellow supercilium
  • Bright yellow throat
  • Dark olive brown crown and back
  • White belly
  • Olive flanks
  • Dark greyish-brown wings with yellowy outer edges
  • Cream to pinkish-grey legs
  • Black bill

Females: brown face mask and forehead

Young birds are duller than adults, with fawn underparts.

Distribution

East coast of Australia: found in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • S. c. cairnsi:
  • S. c. intermedius:
  • East Australia (south-eastern Queensland to Clarence River, New South Wales)
  • S. c. citreogularis:
East New South Wales (Clarence River to Mount Dromedary)

Habitat

Dark understorey of coastal rainforests and wet, timbered gullies with dense vegetation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, worms and spiders, with the inclusion of seeds, fungus and fruit.

Breeding

They build a long, bulky domed nest with a hooded side entrance, from roots, vine tendrils, leaf skeletons, moss and twigs, and lined with feathers. The clutch consists of 2-3 brownish-purple to pale brownish-white eggs with darker spots or blotches.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)
  4. Birds in Backyards

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External Links

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