MALLEE EMU-WREN

Photograph near the Nowingi Track, Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria February 2016.

757             MALLEE EMU-WREN              Stipiturus mallee

Australia            (601)

Found in spinifex, with mallee gums, native cypress, on sandhill swales, slopes; also tall heathland with tea-tree, broom, fringe-myrtle, spinifex. 13-15 cm, incl. tail (8-9 cm). Range: region s. of Murray R. in NW Vic.-se SA: from Hattah-Kulkyne NP (Vic) s. to Wyperfield NP-Big Desert Wilderness; w. into SA, from c. Nadda-Peebinga s. to Ngarkat Cons. Park, n of Keith, w. to Carcuma Cons. Park, ne of Cooalpyn.