Subspecies Sericornis (Sericornis) frontalis frontalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

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• Acanthiza frontalis Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170-331 [Date published 17 Feb 1827: publication dated 1826] [226].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1863.7.7.27 adult unsexed, New South Wales.

  Type locality references:

  Warren, R.L.M. & Harrison, C.J.O. 1971. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2 Passerines. London : British Museum vi 628 pp. [192].
• Saxicola longirostris Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. in Dumont-d'Urville, J. 1830. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les anneés 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 1 i 268 pp. [no month of publication] [200].
• Sericornis parvulus Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [pl. 58].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 17627 adult ♂, New South Wales.

  Type locality references:

  Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [216].
• Sericornis maculatus inopinatus Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 10. [Date published 28 Sep 1922] [28].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, NSW: LIthgow [33ᵒ29'S, 150ᵒ10'E]
  Comment: A small series.
• Sericornis maculatus gouldianus Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 10. [Date published 28 Sep 1922] [28] [type material in NHM from Mt Gambier, South Australia].

  Secondary source:

   Condon, H.T. 1969. A Handlist of the Birds of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Ornithologists Association 141 pp. [Date published 7/1/1969] [80] (comments on the type locality, suggesting the location is Mt Compass).
• Sericornis osculans grampianensis Ashby, E. 1927. Sericornis osculans in Victoria. The Emu 26(4): 313-314 [Date published 1 Apr 1927] [314].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, subtropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2018	ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854	01-Dec-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)