Large-billed Scrubwren

SCI Name:  Sericornis magnirostra
Protonym:  Acanthiza magnirostra Syn.BirdsAustr. pt4 pl.60
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Sericornis
Taxonomy Code:  labscr2
Type Locality:  Sydney, New South Wales.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1838
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.

magnirostra
L. magnus  great; rostrum  beak.

SUBSPECIES

Large-billed Scrubwren (viridior)
SCI Name: Sericornis magnirostra viridior
viridior
L. viridior, viridioris  greener  < comp. viridis  green  < virere  to be green.

Large-billed Scrubwren (magnirostra)
SCI Name: Sericornis magnirostra magnirostra
magnirostra
L. magnus  great; rostrum  beak.

Large-billed Scrubwren (howei)
SCI Name: Sericornis magnirostra howei
howei
Frank Ernest Howe (1878-1955) Australian tailor, oologist, field-ornithologist (syn. Amytornis striatus, syn. Calamanthus campestris, syn. Eolophus roseicapilla, syn. Lichenostomus cratitius occidentalis, syn. Microeca fascinans assimilis, syn. Pelagodroma marina dulciae, syn. Sericornis magnirostra, syn. Strepera versicolor melanoptera).