Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)
Wallace's Wren (Sipodotus wallacii) - HBW 12, p. 519
French: Mérion de Wallace
German: Rostnacken-Staffelschwanz
Spanish: Maluro de Wallace
Other common names: Wallace’s Tree-wren/Fairy-wren/Wren-warbler, Blue-capped Wren
Taxonomy: Todopsis wallacii G. R. Gray, 1862, Vogelkop, New Guinea.
Has sometimes been placed in genus Malurus; originally included with Malurus grayi and Malurus cyanocephalus in a separate genus, Todopsis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- wallacii (G. R. Gray, 1862) - Misool, Yapen, Vogelkop and N coast of New Guinea.
- coronatus (Gould, 1878) - Aru Is and S New Guinea.
- Least Concern
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