Perplexing Scrubwren / Sericornis virgatus
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Perplexing Scrubwren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crateroscelis virgata J.Orn. 63 p.128
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Sericornis
Taxonomy Code: perscr1
Type Locality: Maeanderberg, middle Sepik River, New Guinea; altitude 600 meters.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1915
IUCN Status:
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.
virgatum / virgatus
L. virgatus striped, streaked < virga streak.
● ex “Streaked Heron” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (?syn. Butorides virescens).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à poitrine tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 3, and “Streaked Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myiophobus fasciatus).
SUBSPECIES
Perplexing Scrubwren (virgatus)
SCI Name: Sericornis virgatus virgatus
virgatum / virgatus
L. virgatus striped, streaked < virga streak.
● ex “Streaked Heron” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (?syn. Butorides virescens).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à poitrine tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 3, and “Streaked Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myiophobus fasciatus).
Perplexing Scrubwren (jobiensis)
SCI Name: Sericornis virgatus jobiensis
jobiensis
Jobi I. (= Japen), Geelvink Bay, New Guinea.
● Erroneous TL. Jobi I. (= mainland of New Guinea, east of Geelvink Bay) (Ailuroedus).
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)
