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Species
Sericornis spilodera Gray, GR, 1859
Nomenclature
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Family: AcanthizidaeGenus: Sericornis
SUMMARY
A medium-sized scrubwren with distinctive pale bill, most races with blackish streaking on throat. Nominate race has crown blackish, upperwing and rail browner than mantle; chin and throat whitish, streaked blackish, underparts yellowish-white, breast obscurely streaked grey, flanks dingy pale olive; iris reddish-brown or brown; bill pale pinkish of horn-coloured; legs greyish-brown or light brownish. Sexes alike. Immature is similar to adult but has crown brownish, lacks dark streaks below. Races differ in minor features of plumage: guttatus is similar to nominate, but has greenish crown; wuroi is similar to previous but paler and greener above, with yellowish-green flanks; granti has browner crown and ear-coverts, reduced throat spotting, flanks yellower; ferrugineus has rufous forehead, greyish-rufous ear-coverts, much-reduced grey spotting on throat and much paler yellowish-white underparts; aruensis has rufous-olive crown, paler and buffy forehead and ear-coverts, back bright greenish-olive, throat white without spots, abdomen yellowish.