The bicolored scrubwren or bicolored mouse-warbler (Aethomyias nigrorufus) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands ; its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
| Bicolored mouse-warbler | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Aethomyias |
| Species: | A. nigrorufus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aethomyias nigrorufus (Salvadori, 1895)
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| Synonyms | |
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Crateroscelis nigrorufa | |
This species was formerly placed in the genus Crateroscelis but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens and mouse-warblers in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Aethomyias.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Crateroscelis nigrorufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22704527A130382837. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704527A130382837.en. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Norman, J.A.; Christidis, L.; Schodde, R. (2018). "Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 18 (2): 241–259. doi:10.1007/s13127-018-0364-8. S2CID 46967802.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2023). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List. 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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