Sericornis nouhuysi (Large Scrubwren)

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Large Scrubwren

Sericornis nouhuysi van Oort, ED 1909

The large scrubwren is a bird species. Placed in the family Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now known to be wrong; they rather belong to the independent family Acanthizidae. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Acanthizidae
Genus:
   Sericornis
Scientific:
  Sericornis nouhuysi

Original description

Citation:
van Oort, ED 1909

Reference:
Nova Guinea 9 p.90

Protonym:
Sericornis arfakiana nouhuysi

Type locality:
Hellwig Mountains, Oranje Range.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124820#page/152/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
AEAA4FC6AD89DF8E

Avibase ID:
avibase-AEAA4FC6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AEAA4FC6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562922

English:
Large Scrubwren
German:
Bergsericornis
Esperanto:
granda akantizo
Spanish:
Sedosito grande
French:
Séricorne montagnard
Ukrainian:
Кущовик великий

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Large Scrubwren ( Sericornis nouhuysi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Large or Perplexing Scrubwren [incl. pontifex] ( Sericornis nouhuysi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Large or Perplexing Scrubwren [incl. pontifex] ( Sericornis nouhuysi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Large Scrubwren ( Sericornis nouhuysi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Large or Perplexing Scrubwren [incl. pontifex] ( Sericornis [nouhuysi or virgatus, incl. pontifex])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Large or Perplexing Scrubwren [incl. pontifex] ( Sericornis [nouhuysi or virgatus, incl. pontifex])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Large or Perplexing Scrubwren [incl. pontifex] ( Sericornis [nouhuysi or virgatus, incl. pontifex])
Avilist 2025: Large Scrubwren ( Sericornis nouhuysi) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Sericornis [magnirostra, beccarii or nouhuysi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

Sericornis [beccarii x nouhuysi] [imitator] (hybrid)
Sericornis [beccarii x nouhuysi] [weylandi] (hybrid)

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