Subspecies Sericornis (Sericornis) frontalis mellori Mathews, 1912
- Sericornis maculatus mellori Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [356] [maculatus published as maculata, an adjective — gender corrected accordingly: ICdZN Art. 30.1].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 601284 adult ♂, SA: Cumbrutla Creek, Hundred of Mangalo, Cleve Hills [33ᵒ34'S, 136ᵒ33'E].
Paratype(s) AMNH 601285 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601286 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601287 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601288 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601289 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601290 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601291 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601292 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601293 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601294 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601295 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH 601296 Unknown, SA: Eyre Peninsula; AMNH B.53076 ♂, SA: Warunda Creek [34°27'S, 135°37'E]; AMNH B.530767 ♀, SA: Warunda Creek [34°27'S, 135°37'E]; AMNH B.53078 ♂, SA: Warunda Creek [34°27'S, 135°37'E]; AMNH B.53079 ♀, SA: Port Lincoln [34°45'S, 135°55'E]; AMNH B.5307680 ♂, SA: Warunda Creek [34°27'S, 135°37'E].Type locality references:
LeCroy, M. 2008. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313(7): 1-298 [128-129]. - Sericornis maculatus rymillorum White, S.A. 1916. An Ornithological Cruise among the islands of St. Vincent and Spencer Gulfs. The Emu 16(1): 1-15 [Date published 1 Jul 1916] [14] [originally spelled as rymilli, but expressly named after the Messrs Rymill, father and son, in the original description, and emended here according to ICdZN Art. 32.5].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA B.53064 adult ♂, SA: Wedge Island [35°09'S, 136°27'E]. - Sericornis maculatus mondraini Mathews, G.M. 1942. New forms of Australian birds. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 77-78 [Date published 12 Feb 1942] [78] [maculatus spelled maculata, an adjective — gender corrected accordingly: ICdZN Art. 30.1].
Type data:
Holotype WAM A.31516 ♂ (Other specimens from WAM taken on same island may be paratypes), WA: Mondrain Island [34°08'S, 122°15'E].
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL)
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 | 28-Nov-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |