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- Malurus coronatus
Identification
14-16cm (5½-6¼ in)
Male:
- Lilac Crown, black mask, nape face and spot in the center of the Lilac
- Tail Blue, other then Central pair, which are tipped white
- Race coronatus: Cinnamon-brown Back and wings, Throat, breast off white, and flanks buff
- Race macgillivrayi: Grey-brown replaced Brown Black and wings, Throat and breast white.
Female:
- Ear Coverts deep chestnut (blackish on Males in Eclipse plumage)
- Crown Grey
- White Eye-brow and Eye-ring
- Off-white Throat
- Buff breast and Flanks
- Females of Race macgillivrayi often have turquoise tint to tail
Distribution
Australia. Rivers around the Kimberly regions, and adjacent areas of the Northern Territory, and Rivers bordering the Gulf of Carpentaria
Taxonomy
Long considered to be a Monotypic Genus, but now known to be part of Malurus.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies[1]:
- M.c. coronatus:
- Rivers of Kimberley region and adjacent West Northern Territory, in North West Australia.
- M.c. macgillivrayi:
- Rivers bordering South Gulf of Carpentaria (East Northern Territory and West Queensland), in North Australia.
Habitat
Margins of creeks, pandanus and paperbark clumps with Dense Undercover
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Purple-crowned Fairywren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Purple-crowned_Fairywren
External Links
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