
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Galbraith, I.C.J. 
A1  - Parker, S.A. 
T1  - The Atherton Scrub-wren, <i>Sericornis keri</i> Mathews: A neglected Australian species (Results of the Harold Hall Australian Expedition No.16)
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 1969
VL  - 69
IS  - 4
SP  - 212
EP  - 232
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU969212 
N2  - 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. 
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