Wallace's fairywren

Wallace's fairywren
Illustration (bird below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Maluridae
Genus: Sipodotus
Mathews, 1928
Species:
S. wallacii
Binomial name
Sipodotus wallacii
(Gray, G.R., 1862)
Synonyms
  • Todopsis wallacii Gray, G.R., 1862
  • Todopsis coronatus Gould, 1878
  • Tchitrea wallaceii
  • Malurus wallacei
  • Malurus wallacii

Wallace's fairywren (Sipodotus wallacii) is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is the only species within the genus Sipodotus. It is found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sipodotus wallacii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22703712A93933729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703712A93933729.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.