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[Southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)]

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Date

[ca 1790]

Artist

George Raper (1769-1796)

Collective Title

Raper, George, 1769-1797: Birds of Australia and South Seas. Original drawings 1788-90. From E. Cane

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22404427

Description

Southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus). Specimen depicted as small speckle-backed bird with only two very long tail feathers.

Identified as of the emu-wren species by Mr J L Moore, visitor 1999. Also identified as the Emu wren by Keith Hindwood, 1964.

Title supplied by Library. Former title - [Long-tailed Emu wren]

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Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Australia

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Birds

Category

Glossary
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