PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae

Stipiturus malachurus  

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Budderoo National Park, NSW (Jan, 2010)

We dipped on seeing Ground Parrots but saw plenty of other birds including several Southern Emu-wrens and an Eastern Bristlebird along the Budderoo Track on the Budderoo Plateau at Budderoo National Park.

As usual, they were enjoying the relative security of dense foliage.

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (male)

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (male)

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (male)

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (female)

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (female)

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (male)

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (male)

Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)

Southern Emu-wren (male)