Buff-faced Scrubwren (Aethomyias perspicillatus)
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Buff-faced Scrubwren

Aethomyias perspicillatus (Salvadori, 1896)

Busiest months: July · Most records: Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

Where and when it's recorded

Buff-faced Scrubwren has been recorded at 13 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Rondon RidgePapua New Guinea184 records
  2. Ambua LodgePapua New Guinea180 records
  3. Rondon Ridge LodgePapua New Guinea164 records
More places
  1. Tonga TrailPapua New Guinea127 records
  2. Highlands Hwy – above Ambua Lodge to Tari GapPapua New Guinea95 records
  3. Kumul LodgePapua New Guinea80 records
  4. Tari GapPapua New Guinea50 records
  5. Tomba & Murmur Pass [2400-2800m]Papua New Guinea10 records
  6. Mt Komonge RidgePapua New Guinea7 records
  7. Varirata National ParkPapua New Guinea3 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Papua New GuineaIndonesia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

Questions

Where does the Buff-faced Scrubwren live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: montane west-central to southeastern New Guinea. It is most often recorded in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

When is the best time to see the Buff-faced Scrubwren?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in July (Southern Hemisphere).

What family is the Buff-faced Scrubwren in?

It belongs to the family Australasian Warblers (Acanthizidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

Range

Australasia: montane west-central to southeastern New Guinea

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Australasian Warblers Acanthizidae
Genus
Aethomyias

Other birds in the genus Aethomyias

Pale-billed ScrubwrenPale-billed ScrubwrenAethomyias spiloderaBicolored ScrubwrenBicolored ScrubwrenAethomyias nigrorufusVogelkop ScrubwrenVogelkop ScrubwrenAethomyias rufescensGrey-green ScrubwrenGrey-green ScrubwrenAethomyias arfakianusPapuan ScrubwrenPapuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensisGoldenfaceGoldenfacePachycare flavogriseumFernwrenFernwrenOreoscopus gutturalisPilotbirdPilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosusRedthroatRedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusSpeckled WarblerSpeckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatus
Buff-faced Scrubwren

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