Sericornis humilis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tasmanian Scrubwren sighting in Maria Island National Park on a given day, based on 154 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 81 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.
September
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Tasmanian Scrubwren in Maria Island National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, the lowest month.
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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Tasmanian Scrubwren sightings, Maria Island National Park ranks 3rd at about 40%. The best odds are in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (Australia, about 80%) and Freycinet National Park (Australia, about 40%).
Same family: Acanthizidae
The closest relatives of the Tasmanian Scrubwren that you can see in Maria Island National Park (family Acanthizidae, Thornbills and Allies) are Yellow-rumped Thornbill (about 60%), Tasmanian Thornbill (about 50%) and Brown Thornbill (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tasmanian Scrubwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Maria Island National Park (154 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.
