Spotted Scrubwren

Sericornis maculatus Gould, 1847

The spotted scrubwren (Sericornis maculatus) is a bird species native to coastal southern Australia, from Adelaide westwards to Shark Bay in Western Australia.

Busiest months: January · Most records: Australia

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: January · Most records: Australia

Spotted Scrubwren has been recorded at 8 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Victoria Dam – Access road, track and picnic areaAustralia680 records
Lake McLarty Nature ReserveAustralia406 records
Bibra LakeAustralia203 records

More places

North LakeAustralia64 records
Herdsman LakeAustralia50 records
Lake Monger ReserveAustralia34 records
Alfred Cove Nature ReserveAustralia24 records
Whites Road WetlandAustralia10 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Australia

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

About

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.

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