Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)

Rufous-crowned Emu-wren (Stipiturus ruficeps) - HBW 12, p. 527

French: Queue-de-gaze à calotte rousse German: Brauengrasschlüpfer Spanish: Maluro Coronirrufo

Taxonomy: Stipiturus ruficeps A. J. Campbell, 1899, Yardie Creek, western Pilbara, north-west Western Australia.
Forms a superspecies with S. malachurus and S. mallee. Often considered conspecific with latter, but protein evidence supports maintenance of the two as distinct species. Monotypic.

Distribution: From coast of C Western Australia E, in a band between 18° and 28° S (mostly N of L Eyre, in South Australia), to W & C Queensland.