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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
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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.
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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 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Purple-crowned_Fairywren
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
