Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)
Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus) - HBW 12, p. 521
French: Mérion couronné
German: Purpurkopf-Staffelschwanz
Spanish: Maluro Coronado
Other common names: Lilac-crowned Wren/Fairy-wren; MacGillivray’s Fairy-wren (macgillivrayi)
Taxonomy: Malurus coronatus Gould, 1858, near mouth of Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia.
Was for long placed in a monotypic genus, Rosina; protein evidence, however, allies it with M. cyaneus and M. splendens, the three constituting the “Australian blue group”. Race macgillivrayi sometimes considered a separate species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coronatus Gould, 1858 - rivers of Kimberley region and adjacent W Northern Territory, in NW Australia.
- macgillivrayi Mathews, 1913 - rivers bordering S Gulf of Carpentaria (E Northern Territory and W Queensland), in N Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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non-breeding male on right (black ear coverts), female in the middle (chestnut ear coverts) and probably a juvenile on left (beg Locality Timber Creek, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp coronatus)
Martin Kennewell 2 June 2007 3 years ago 25 sec 3.8
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A male in a bush.
Locality Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp coronatus)
Nick Athanas 10 April 2006 4 years ago 4.4 -
This photo is of an adult male in breeding plumage.
Locality Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia
Edward Smith 15 October 2012 27 weeks ago 3.8 -
Female
Locality Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 12 July 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
Male in river-side canegrass
Locality Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 11 July 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
Male responding to 'pishing'.
Locality Tiranna Roadhouse, Queensland, Australia (ssp macgillivrayi)
Tom Tarrant 7 August 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
Male Purple-crowned Fairy-wren perched on a rock
Locality Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 11 July 2010 1 year ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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