Tasmanian Scrubwren
Tasmanian Scrubwren
Here the details of the Tasmanian Scrubwren named bird below:
SCI Name:
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).
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)