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Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
Stipiturus ruficeps Campbell, AJ, 1899
Maluridae — Australasian Wrens
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren, Stipiturus ruficeps, is a bird of spinifex shrubland in western and central Australia, with an isolated population in south-western Queensland and a breeding range that runs from western Western Australia to south-western Queensland and north-central South Australia. It belongs to the Australasian wren family, Maluridae, and was described by Campbell in 1899. Among the emu-wrens, it is the smallest and the most brightly coloured. The male has a rufous crown, reddish upperparts and a bright sky blue throat and upper chest, while the female is less blue and has a yellow-buff throat.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Maluridae — Australasian Wrens
- Breeding range
- Australasia: wc WA to sw QLD and nc SA (w, c Australia)
