Gray-green Scrubwren / Sericornis arfakianus
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Gray-green Scrubwren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gerygone? arfakiana Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7(1875) p.960
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Sericornis
Taxonomy Code: gygscr1
Type Locality: Arfak Mountains.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1876
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.
arfaki / arfakiana / arfakianum / arfakianus
Arfak Mts., New Guinea.
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)
