
%0 Journal Article
%A Galbraith, I.C.J. 
%A Parker, S.A. 
%T The Atherton Scrub-wren, <i>Sericornis keri</i> Mathews: A neglected Australian species (Results of the Harold Hall Australian Expedition No.16)
%J Emu
%D 1969/12/01
%V 69
%N 4
%P 212-232
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MU969212
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU969212 
%X Sericornis magnirostris keri was described by Mathews, from a single bird collected on Mount Bellenden Ker in 1889. Until now, no further specimens have been recognized, and no one but Mathews has accepted keri even as a valid race. However, study of three old and two recent specimens shows that, though superficially similar to the northern race of the Large-billed Scrub-Wren S. m. viridior, it is quite distinct. Since the two forms co-exist on the Atherton Tableland, S. keri must be regarded as a separate species, the Atherton Scrub-Wren. This will probably prove to be more different from the Large-billed Scrub-Wren in the field than it appears in the hand, and should be looked for on the rain forest floor of the Tableland. 
