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- Malurus coronatus
Identification
14-16cm 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 (Grey 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. Two Subspecies
- coronatus - rivers of Kimberley region and adjacent W Northern Territory, in NW Australia.
- macgillivrayi - rivers bordering S Gulf of Carpentaria (E Northern Territory and W Queensland), in N Australia.
Habitat
Margins of creeks, pandanus and paperbark clumps with Dense Undercover
