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title: "Tasmanian Scrubwren"
description: "Sericornis humilis — Birds. The Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) is a bird species endemic to the temperate forests of Tasmania and nearby King Island."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tasmanian-scrubwren
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tasmanian Scrubwren

> Sericornis humilis — Birds. The Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) is a bird species endemic to the temperate forests of Tasmania and nearby King Island.

- Scientific name: *Sericornis humilis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 765
- Wikidata: [Q2223774](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2223774)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13506](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13506)

## Names

- en: Tasmanian Scrubwren
- de: Tasman-Sericornis
- es: Sedosito Pardo
- fr: Séricorne brun
- nl: Tasmaanse bruine struiksluiper
- pl: Solnik brązowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (702)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_scrubwren

## Photo

![Tasmanian Scrubwren](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tasmanian-scrubwren/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/376117492

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tasmanian-scrubwren?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).