Spotted Scrubwren
Sericornis maculatus· 细嘴莺科(1 photos)
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Spotted Scrubwren
11-13 cm. Male: blackish mask; cream eye and small white spot below eye; white eyebrow and bold curving silver-white whisker-mark; breast whitish with dark spots and streaks; small patch of black and white alula feathers on shoulder; rufous rump; variable dark tail band. Female: duller, mask browner. Immature: duller. Pairs, parties: fussy; hops briskly on ground, logs, undergrowth; scolds intruders; tame in gardens.
1. ashbyi 2. mellori 3. maculatus 4. balstoni
- Similar Species
- White-browed, Tasmanian, Tropical Scrubwrens; thornbills.
- Voice
- clear, sustained 'tseer-tseer-tseer', or 'seat-you, seat-you', etc.; deep zizzing scolding, at intruders, cuckoos, snakes.
- Habitat
- mallee, mulga, saltbush.
- Breeding
- June-Dec.; communally.
- Nest
- domed of loose grass, twigs, fine roots, leaves; in bank; roots; undergrowth, sword-grass, tussock; hanging tin, coat in outhouse.
- Eggs
- 2-3; stout oval; grey-white to pale buff; blotched, spotted dull brown/purplish brown.
- Range & Status
- coastally w. from Kangaroo I. and Spencer Gulf (SA), to s. WA, inland to c. L. Grace-Narrogin-Moora. Common. Sedentary.
