Perplexing Scrubwren

Here the details of the Perplexing Scrubwren named bird below:

SCI Name:  Sericornis virgatus
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).