Southern emu-wren

Southern emu-wren
Male in Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Maluridae
Genus: Stipiturus
Species:
S. malachurus
Binomial name
Stipiturus malachurus
(Shaw, 1798)
Distribution map
Synonyms
  • Muscicapa malachura Shaw
  • Malurus palustris Vieillot

The southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus) is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and swamplands.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Stipiturus malachurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22703772A93936110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703772A93936110.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.