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Taxonomic note
Previously listed as Sericornis papuensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but moved to current genus following Norman et al. (2018). Geographical variation poorly understood (Beehler and Pratt 2016); study needed. Three subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be fairly common to scarce (Coates 1990). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 1.2% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/papuan-scrubwren-aethomyias-papuensis on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.