Subspecies Sericornis (Sericornis) frontalis balstoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1909

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• Sericornis balstoni Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1909. In Proceedings of meeting of British Ornithologists' Club, April 21, 1909. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 23: 72-74 [72].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1906.12.20.269 adult ♂, WA: Bernier Island; BMNH adult ♂ (registration number not indicated, see Warren & Harrison (1971: 53)), WA: Bernier Island.

  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. [53].
• Sericornis maculatus hartogi Carter, T. 1916. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 37: 6-7 [6].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH 601350 adult ♂, WA: Dirk Hartog Island [25°50'S 113°03'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AMNH 601351 ♂, WA: Dirk Hartog Island [25°50'S 113°03'E]; AMNH 601352 ♀, WA: Dirk Hartog Island [25°50'S 113°03'E]; AMNH 601353 ♀, WA: Dirk Hartog Island [25°50'S 113°03'E].

  Subsequent designation 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].

  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].
• Sericornis maculatus houtmanensis Zietz, F.R. 1921. A New Scrub Wren from Houtman's Abrolhos, Western Australia. Sericornis maculatus houtmanensis subsp. n. The Abrolhos Scrub Wren. South Australian Ornithologist 6(2): 44-45 [Date published 1 Apr 1921] [44].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SAMA B.547 ♂, WA: Houtman Abrolhos [28ᵒ43'S, 113ᵒ47'E]; SAMA B.548 ♀, WA: Houtman Abrolhos [28ᵒ43'S, 113ᵒ47'E]; SAMA B.549 ♂, WA: Houtman Abrolhos [28ᵒ43'S, 113ᵒ47'E].

  Type locality references:

  Condon, H.T. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum IV. Birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17: 189-193 [191].

  Secondary source:

   Condon, H.T. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum IV. Birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17: 189-193 [191].
• Sericornis maculatus fuscipes Alexander, W.B. 1922. The Vertebrate Fauna of Houtman's Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 34: 462-467 [Date published Feb 1922] [465].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM A.31516 adult ♂, WA: Mondrain Island [34°08'S, 122°15'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM A.31517 adult ♀, WA: Mondrain Island [34°08'S, 122°15'E]; WAM A.31518 adult ♀, WA: Mondrain Island [34°08'S, 122°15'E]; WAM A.31519 adult ♂, WA: Mondrain Island [34°08'S, 122°15'E]; WAM A.31520 adult ♀, WA: Mondrain Island [34°08'S, 122°15'E].

  Type locality references:

  Anonymous 1960. Type specimens in the Western Australian Museum. Western Australian Museum Annual Report 1959-60: 28-30 [29].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Yalgoo (YAL)

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)