Sericornis maculatus
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The spotted scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus) is a bird species native to coastal southern Australia, from Adelaide westwards to Shark Bay in Western Australia. It was formerly considered conspecific with the white-browed scrubwren, and is known to hybridize with that species where their ranges overlap in the Adelaide area. Genetic analysis in a 2018 study of the family found that this taxon was more divergent from the white-browed scrubwren than the Tasmanian or Atherton scrubwrens and hence proposed its reclassification as a species. It was reclassified as a species in 2019. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Rottnest Island | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Scrubwren sighting in Flinders Chase on a given day, based on 81 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 68 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Scrubwren in Flinders Chase on a given day, against about 30% in February and November, the lowest months. August has too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Scrubwren sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Spotted Scrubwren sightings, Flinders Chase has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Rottnest Island (Australia, about 40%).
Same family: Acanthizidae
The closest relatives of the Spotted Scrubwren that you can see in Flinders Chase (family Acanthizidae, Thornbills and Allies) are Brown Thornbill (about 40%), Striated Thornbill (about 40%) and Shy Heathwren (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Scrubwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Flinders Chase (81 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
