Large-billed Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Here the details of the Large-billed Scrubwren named bird below:
SCI Name:
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).
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)