Pale-billed Scrubwren

SCI Name:  Sericornis spilodera
Protonym:  Entomophila? spilodera Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(27)2 p.155
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Sericornis
Taxonomy Code:  pabscr1
Type Locality:  Dorey (= Manokwari), northwestern New Guinea.
Author:  Gray, GR
Publish Year:  1859
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.

spilodera
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; δερα dera  neck.

SUBSPECIES

Pale-billed Scrubwren (spilodera)
SCI Name: Sericornis spilodera spilodera
spilodera
Gr. σπιλος spilos  spot; δερα dera  neck.

Pale-billed Scrubwren (granti)
SCI Name: Sericornis spilodera granti
granti
● William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924) English ornithologist at BMNH 1882-1918 (subsp. Acanthisitta chloris, subsp. Accipiter nisus, subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis, syn. Alopecoenas beccarii solomonensis, subsp. Camaroptera chloronota, Horizocerus, syn. Lophura nycthemera, syn. Melaenornis pallida parvus, subsp. Microptilotis mimikae, subsp. Napothera epilepidota, syn. Neocossyphus poensis praepectoralis, Ninox, syn. Oriolus szalayi, syn. Pellorneum ruficeps olivaceum, Penelope, subsp. Ptiloprora plumbea, Ptilopsis, subsp. Rhipidura rufifrons (ex Rhipidura harterti Ogilvie-Grant), subsp. Sericornis spilodera, subsp. Sturnus vulgaris, Sula).
● Capt. Claude Henry Baxter Grant (1878-1958) British ornithologist at BMNH 1898-1903, 1932-1958, in East Africa 1916-1932 (subsp. Bradypterus lopezi, subsp. Crithagra mozambica, subsp. Cyanomitra olivacea, syn. Malimbus malimbicus, subsp. Phoeniculus damarensis, syn. Pyrenestes ostrinus minor, subsp. Sheppardia poensis, subsp. Smutsornis africanus, subsp. Terpsiphone viridis, subsp. Treron delalandii).
● Lt.-Col. James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) British Army, explorer with Speke in East Africa 1860-1863 (syn. Guttera pucherani).
● Robert Grant (1854-1923) Scottish miner and immigrant to Australia 1879, taxidermist at Australian Mus. 1887-1917, collector, explorer (subsp. Paradisaea raggiana).

Pale-billed Scrubwren (wuroi)
SCI Name: Sericornis spilodera wuroi
wuroi
Wuroi, Oriomo River, Territory of Papua (= Papua New Guinea).

Pale-billed Scrubwren (guttatus)
SCI Name: Sericornis spilodera guttatus
guttatum / guttatus
L. guttatus spotted, speckled  < gutta  spot, drop.
● ex “Esparvero pardo y goteado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 24 (syn. Accipiter bicolor pileatus).
● ex “Perroquet Amazone varié du Brésil” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 120 (?syn. Amazona ochrocephalus).
● ex “Grimpar Picucule” of Levaillant 1807 (Xiphorhynchus).

Pale-billed Scrubwren (ferrugineus)
SCI Name: Sericornis spilodera ferrugineus
ferrugineum / ferrugineus
L. ferrugineus  ferruginous, rusty  < ferrugo, ferruginis  iron rust  < ferrum  iron.
● ex “Perruche des Terres Magellaniques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 85 (Enicognathus).
● ex “Rusty Oriole” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Euphagus carolinus).
● ex “Grande caille de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Hackled Partridge” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gallus gallus).
● ex “Ferrugineous-bellied Shrike” of Latham 1781 (Laniarius).
● ex “Merle à cravate de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 560, fig. 2 (Myrmoderus).
● ex “Red-breasted Rail” of Latham 1785 (unident. Rallus sp?).

Pale-billed Scrubwren (aruensis)
SCI Name: Sericornis spilodera aruensis
aruense / aruensis
Aru Is., Moluccas, Indonesia.

Pale-billed Scrubwren (batantae)
SCI Name: Sericornis spilodera batantae
batantae
Batanta I., Raja Ampat Is., western New Guinea.