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Species
Sericornis nouhuysi van Oort, 1909
Nomenclature
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Family: AcanthizidaeGenus: Sericornis
SUMMARY
A relatively large, long-billed montane scrubwren with noticeably rusty tinge on face. Nominate and facial area buffy rufous; upperparts dark brownish-olive, upperwing and tail browner, edges of wing and tail feathers tinged rufous; dull buffy olive below, rufous tinge on chin and upper throat; iris red-brown or orange-brown; bill black or rownish-black; legs variable, pale flesh to dark brown. Differs from S. papiensis mainly in more rufous, less greenish, plumage tones and lack of subterminal tailband. From S. perspicillatus and S. arfakianus by noticeably larger size. Sexes alike. Juvenile undescribed. Races distinguished by minor size and colour differences: cantanns has rufous of face extending onto breast, greyer buff belly, rufous undertail-coverts, upperparts somewhat darker than in nominate; stresemanni has tail darker and less rufous than others, is distinctively yellowish-olive below, breast heavily washed or mottled with rufous or pale brown, flanks darker; oorti browner on head, tail and wings, more olive on back, buffy rufous on chin and sides of head, yellowish-olive underparts, more olive on flanks, rufous undertail-coverts; monticola similar to previous, bur larger and with paler underparts.