Sericornis humilis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) is a bird species endemic to the temperate forests of Tasmania and nearby King Island. It lives in the understory of rainforest, woodland, dry forest, swamps and coastal scrublands.
Placed in the family Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now no longer accepted; they instead are currently placed in the independent family Acanthizidae. It is alternately considered a subspecies of the smaller white-browed scrubwren, and further research is needed to understand the relationships between the two species.
There are two subspecies of Tasmanian scrubwren: S. h. humilis – nominate subspecies; Tasmania Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Maria Island National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hobart | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tasmanian Scrubwren sighting in Hobart on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 79 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tasmanian Scrubwren in Hobart on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tasmanian Scrubwren sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Hobart, in our data
Hobart is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tasmanian Scrubwren sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tasmanian Scrubwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Hobart (29 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
