Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Pale-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis spilodera) - HBW 12, p. 587
French: Séricorne à bec blanc
German: Fahlschnabelsericornis
Spanish: Sedosito Piquiblanco
Other common names: Pale-billed Sericornis
Taxonomy: Entomophila? spilodera G. R. Gray, 1859, Manokwari, north-western New Guinea.
Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ferrugineus Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Waigeo I (N West Papuan Is).
- batantae Mayr, 1986 - Batanta I (C West Papuan Is).
- spilodera (G. R. Gray, 1859) - mainland NW & N New Guinea E to Astrolabe Bay, and YapenI (in Geelvink Bay).
- ferrugineus Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Waigeo I (N West Papuan Is).
- batantae Mayr, 1986 - Batanta I (C West Papuan Is).
- spilodera (G. R. Gray, 1859) - mainland NW & N New Guinea E to Astrolabe Bay, and YapenI (in Geelvink Bay).
- aruensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1911 - Aru Is.
- granti (E. J. O. Hartert, 1930) - W New Guinea (Snow Mts).
- wuroi Mayr, 1937 - S New Guinea (locally in Trans-Fly lowlands).
- guttatus (Sharpe, 1882) - mountains of E New Guinea (E from Huon Peninsula and Aroa R).
- Least Concern
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