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Species
Sericornis arfakianus Salvadori, 1876
Nomenclature
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Family: AcanthizidaeGenus: Sericornis
Species:
Sericornis arfakianus Salvadori, 1876
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Grey-green Scrubwren, Dusky/Olive Scrubwren, Grey-green Sericornis
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SUMMARY
A small, nondescript scrubwren. Plumage is dark olive/green above, tail slightly browner and with dark subterminal bar on all rectrices except central pair. Below, indistinctly streaked darker olive on mainly olive background, with grezish wash on throat and zellower centre of belly, sometimes indication of drab diffuse breastband, iris brown, bill brownish-black, legs light grey-brown. Sexes alike. Juvenile is similar to adult, but rather mor brownish above and darker below.