Tasmanian Scrubwren

SCI Name:  Sericornis humilis
Protonym:  Sericornis humilis Syn.BirdsAustr. pt4 pl.58
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Sericornis
Taxonomy Code:  tasscr1
Type Locality:  southern Tasmania.
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.

humilis
L. humilis  lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain  < humus, humi  ground.

SUBSPECIES

Tasmanian Scrubwren (humilis)
SCI Name: Sericornis humilis humilis
humilis
L. humilis  lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain  < humus, humi  ground.

Tasmanian Scrubwren (tregellasi)
SCI Name: Sericornis humilis tregellasi
tregellasi
Thomas Henry Tregellas (1864-1938) Australian field ornithologist (syn. Aegintha temporalis, syn. Anthochaera carunculata, syn. Artamus cinereus melanops, syn. Dacelo novaeguineae, syn. Lathamus discolor, syn. Ninox boobook, syn. Pachycephala olivacea, syn. Pomatostomus temporalis, subsp. Sericornis humilis, syn. Stipiturus malachurus, syn. Thinornis cucullatus, syn. Xanthomyza phrygia).