Pale-billed Scrubwren (Aethomyias spilodera)
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Pale-billed Scrubwren

Aethomyias spilodera (Gray, GR, 1859)

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

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

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

Pale-billed Scrubwren has been recorded at 15 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Varirata National ParkPapua New Guinea360 records
  2. West Waigeo birding roadIndonesia102 records
  3. Sera (formerly Crater Mountain) Biological Research StationPapua New Guinea25 records
More places
  1. West Waigeo forest - Red and Wilson's BOP sites areaIndonesia18 records
  2. Tabubil AreaPapua New Guinea13 records
  3. Arfak Mtns – MaybriIndonesia11 records
  4. Dablin Creek RoadPapua New Guinea9 records
  5. MalagufukIndonesia8 records
  6. Minggre Birdwatching HomestayIndonesia6 records
  7. Malagufuk villageIndonesia5 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 Pale-billed Scrubwren live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: New Guinea and western satellites. It is most often recorded in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

When is the best time to see the Pale-billed Scrubwren?

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

Is the Pale-billed Scrubwren endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Pale-billed Scrubwren as Least Concern.

What family is the Pale-billed Scrubwren in?

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

At a glance

Conservation
Least Concern

Range

Australasia: New Guinea and western satellites

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Australasian Warblers Acanthizidae
Genus
Aethomyias

Other birds in the genus Aethomyias

Bicolored ScrubwrenBicolored ScrubwrenAethomyias nigrorufusVogelkop ScrubwrenVogelkop ScrubwrenAethomyias rufescensBuff-faced ScrubwrenBuff-faced ScrubwrenAethomyias perspicillatusGrey-green ScrubwrenGrey-green ScrubwrenAethomyias arfakianusPapuan ScrubwrenPapuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensisGoldenfaceGoldenfacePachycare flavogriseumFernwrenFernwrenOreoscopus gutturalisPilotbirdPilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosusRedthroatRedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusSpeckled WarblerSpeckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatus
Pale-billed Scrubwren

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