White-browed Scrubwren / Sericornis frontalis
White-browed Scrubwren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Acanthiza frontalis Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 15(1826) p.226
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Sericornis
Taxonomy Code: whbscr1
Type Locality: no locality = Sydney, New South Wales, fide Mathews, 1922, Birds Australia, 10, p. 7.
Author: Vigors & Horsfield
Publish Year: 1827
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.
frontale / frontalis
L. frontalis fronted, frontal < frontalia or frontale frontlet < frons, frontis forehead, brow (ref. distinctive, contrastingly coloured forehead patch, usually black or red).
● ex “Faucon Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 28 (syn. Crinifer piscator).
● Front Range, Rocky Mts., Colorado, USA (syn. Otus flammeolus).
● ex “Perruche Ara à Bandeau Rouge” of Levaillant 1801 (Pyrrhura).
SUBSPECIES
White-browed Scrubwren (Buff-breasted)
SCI Name: Sericornis frontalis laevigaster
laevigaster
L. laevum favourable (in augury); gaster, gasteris belly.
White-browed Scrubwren (Spotted)
SCI Name: Sericornis frontalis [maculatus Group]
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.
White-browed Scrubwren (White-browed)
SCI Name: Sericornis frontalis [frontalis Group]
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.
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)