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 LC    White-shouldered Fairy-wren* Id (Atlas):
    Malurus alboscapulatus

Description (10)
Image of White-shouldered Fairy-wren (Male)
 

Other Names (World)
White-shouldered Fairy-wren, White-shouldered Fairywren, Black-and-white Fairy-wren, Black-and-white Wren-warbler

Family
Maluridae (Fairy-wrens)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Meyer, 1874

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and high altitude dry grassland. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Vocal. A frequent, soft twitter and chattering.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus) [XC38165]
     by Frank Lambert from Kama Village nr Mt Hagen Enga province, Papua New Guinea (call)

 
White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus) [XC593458]
     by Iain Woxvold from Ok Menga, North Fly, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (call, song)

Subspecies
Protein evidence indicates that closest allies are Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus) and White-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus leucopterus) and the three constitute the "bicoloured group". Other proposed subspecies are randi (Wissel Lakes region), regarded as better merged with aida; balim (upper R Balim and upper R Bele areas) and dogwa (Merauke east to R Fly), both synonymized with lorentzi; and tappenbecki (R Sepik east to Astrolabe Bay) and mafulu (mountain grasslands in south-eastern New Guinea), both considered better included within naimii.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

  • alboscapulatus Meyer, 1874   -  Vogelkop (Arfak and Tamrau Mts and intervening valley), in north-western New Guinea.
  • aida Hartert, 1930   -  North-western New Guinea (Weyland Mts and Wissel Lakes east to Humboldt Bay).
  • lorentzi van Oort, 1909   -  Western and southern New Guinea (Snow Mts to Trans-Fly and Utaka-Mimika R).
  • naimii D'Albertis, 1875   -  Northern and southern lowlands and central highlands of eastern New Guinea (central Sepik east to Astrolabe Bay; river systems of central highlands; Kerema east to Vanapa R and Wharton Range).
  • kutubu Schodde & Hitchcock, 1968   -  Southern highlands of central New Guinea (Olsobip east to Mt Giluwe and L Kitubu).
  • moretoni De Vis, 1892   -  Northern and southern coasts of south-eastern New Guinea and intervening mountain valleys (north-western to Huon Peninsula, and south-west to Brown R and Vanapa R).



References
See References.


Files:
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