Atherton Scrubwren / Sericornis keri
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Atherton Scrubwren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sericornis magnirostris keri Bull.Br.Orn.Club 40 p.106
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Sericornis
Taxonomy Code: athscr1
Type Locality: Bellenden Ker Range, northern Queensland.
Author: Mathews
Publish Year: 1920
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SERICORNIS
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ White-browed Scrubwren S. frontalis) Gr. σηρικον sērikon silk < σηρες Sēres the people from whom silk was obtained, the Chinese; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Genus SERICORNIS, Gould. CHARACTERES GENERICI. Rostrum robustum, rectum, caputque quoad longitudinem fere æquans, ad apicem compressum, et indentatum; nares basales, laterales, ovales, et operculo tectæ; alæ mediocres, rotundatæ; remige primo perbrevi, quarto, quinto, atque sexto longissimis et inter se fere æqualibus; cauda mediocris et æqualis; tarsi elongati; digitus posticus cum ungue validus, digitumque intermedium fere æquans; digitis externis æqualibus; plumæ molles, et sericeæ. ... TYPE. Acanthiza frontalis, Vig. and Horsf." (Gould 1838).
Var. Serricornis.
Synon. Aethomyias, Arfakornis, Megathiza, Mesosericornis, Microlestes, Neosericornis, Tasmanornis.
keri
Bellenden Ker Range, northern Queensland, Australia.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
