Biology:Sericornis
Sericornis is a genus of small, mainly insectivorous birds, the scrubwrens in the family Acanthizidae. Despite the similarity in shape and habits, the true wrens (Troglodytidae) are a quite unrelated group of passerines.
Taxonomy
The genus Sericornis was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould with the type species asAcanthiza frontalis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827, the white-browed scrubwren.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek σηρικος/sērikos meaning "silken" with ορνις/ornis, ορνιθος/ornithos meaning "bird".[3]
The genus previously contained additional species but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens in 2018, several species were moved to the resurrected genus Aethomyias and the yellow-throated scrubwren was placed in its own monotypic genus Neosericornis.[4][5]
The genus contains seven species:[6]
- Large-billed scrubwren, Sericornis magnirostra
- Tropical scrubwren or Beccari's scrubwren, Sericornis beccarii - sometimes included in S. magnirostris
- Large scrubwren, Sericornis nouhuysi
- Spotted scrubwren, Sericornis maculatus - previously included in S. frontalis
- Tasmanian scrubwren or brown scrubwren, Sericornis humilis - previously included in S. frontalis
- Atherton scrubwren, Sericornis keri
- White-browed scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis
References
- ↑ Gould, John (1838). A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London: self. Part 4, Plate 58 and text. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47441704.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 414. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14484115.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Sericornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Sericornis.
- ↑ Norman, J.A.; Christidis, L.; Schodde, R. (2018). "Ecological and evolutionary diversification in the Australo-Papuan scrubwrens (Sericornis) and mouse-warblers (Crateroscelis), with a revision of the subfamily Sericornithinae (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthizidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 18 (2): 241–259. doi:10.1007/s13127-018-0364-8. Bibcode: 2018ODivE..18..241N.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bristlebirds/. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/.
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