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 LC    Wallace's Fairywren* Id (Atlas):
    Sipodotus wallacii

Description (8)
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Other Names (World)
Wallace's Fairy-wren, Wallace's Fairywren, Wallace's Tree-wren, Wallace's Wren-warbler, Wallace's Wren, Blue-capped Wren

Family
Maluridae (Fairy-wrens)

Size
11 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1862

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

 
Wallace's Fairywren (Sipodotus wallacii) [XC19476]
     by id from Varirata National Park, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (song)

 
Wallace's Fairywren (Sipodotus wallacii) [XC423439]
     by Nick Athanas from Ekame Lodge, Elevala River, not far from Kiunga, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Originally included with Broad-billed Fairywren (Chenorhamphus grayi) and Emperor Fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus) in a separate genus, Todopsis.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • wallacii Gray, 1862   -  Misool, Yapen, Vogelkop and northern coast of New Guinea.
  • coronatus (Gould, 1878)   -  Aru Is and southern New Guinea.



References
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Files:
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