Species Sericornis (Sericornis) humilis Gould, 1838
Tasmanian Scrubwren, Brown Scrubwren, Cartwheel Bird, Sombre Scrubwren
- Sericornis humilis 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 17648 ♂, Tasmania. - Tasmanornis humilis archibaldi Mathews, G.M. 1922. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 10. [Date published 28 Sep 1922] [38] [A.G. Campbell (1905) mentioned specimens from Launceston, Tasmania; no specimens are recognised as being from that location in any Australian museum or in the American Museum of Natural History. The author does not imply that he possessed the specimens, they may have been from a collection apart from his or any currently held in an Australian Museum].
Secondary source:
Campbell, A.G. 1905. Some comparisons of Victorian and Tasmanian birds. Emu 4: 109-124 [115, 116, 121]; 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 [129].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Sericornis humilis tregellasi Mathews, 1914. —
Mathews, G.M. 1914. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2(5): 83-107 [Date published 24 Sep 1914] [99]
Distribution
States
Tasmania
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath, temperate rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest.
General References
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [184] (full species status)
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [45] (Brown Scrubwren, Cartwheel Bird, Sombre Scrubwren)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 08-Nov-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Oct-2018 | ACANTHIZIDAE Bonaparte, 1854 | 05-Dec-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |