Vogelkop Scrubwren (Aethomyias rufescens)
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Vogelkop Scrubwren

Aethomyias rufescens (Salvadori, 1876)

Busiest months: July–August · Most records: Indonesia

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: July–August · Most records: Indonesia

Vogelkop Scrubwren has been recorded at 3 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Minggre Birdwatching HomestayIndonesia235 records
  2. Arfak Mtns – German CampIndonesia93 records
  3. Arfak Mtns – MaybriIndonesia45 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Indonesia

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 Vogelkop Scrubwren live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: montane Bird's Head and Neck (northwestern New Guinea). It is most often recorded in Indonesia.

When is the best time to see the Vogelkop Scrubwren?

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

What family is the Vogelkop Scrubwren in?

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

Range

Australasia: montane Bird's Head and Neck (northwestern 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 nigrorufusBuff-faced ScrubwrenBuff-faced ScrubwrenAethomyias perspicillatusGrey-green ScrubwrenGrey-green ScrubwrenAethomyias arfakianusPapuan ScrubwrenPapuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensisGoldenfaceGoldenfacePachycare flavogriseumFernwrenFernwrenOreoscopus gutturalisPilotbirdPilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosusRedthroatRedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneusSpeckled WarblerSpeckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatus
Vogelkop Scrubwren

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