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Southern Emu-wrenAlternate name(s): "Button-grass Wren", "Sticktail", "Emu-wren*" ![]() Race "westernensis": "djorrdjilya*", "djodal*" Size: 15-19 cm; tail length 11-12 cm Weight: 6-9 g |
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Photos |
Race "malachurus"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-frontal view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-frontal view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren looking at the observer
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Close-up near-lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Close-up lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren, tail straight
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren, tail cocked
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren swiping its bill clean
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Close-up near-dorsal view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-dorsal view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Dorsal view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female Southern Emu-wren looking sideways
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-frontal view of a female Southern Emu-wren (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Near Katoomba, NSW, December 2014]
Close-up lateral view of a female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Lateral view of a female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Lateral view of a female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
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MALE |
Near-lateral view of a juvenile male Southern Emu-wren
begging to be fed
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Lateral view of a juvenile male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Lateral view of a juvenile male Southern Emu-wren
begging to be fed
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a juvenile female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-frontal view of a juvenile female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Near-lateral view of a juvenile female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Lateral view of a juvenile female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]
Race "westernensis"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Wilyabrup Beach, WA, December 2016]
Close-up lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren; note the long
rictal bristles
["whiskers"] (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Wilyabrup Beach, WA, December 2016]
Lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Wilyabrup Beach, WA, December 2016]
Lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren with its tail cocked
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Wilyabrup Beach, WA, December 2016]
Lateral view of a male Southern Emu-wren with its tail cocked
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]
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FEMALE |
Near-lateral view of a female Southern Emu-wren
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Wilyabrup Beach, WA, December 2016]
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PAIR |
Pair of Southern Emu-wrens hiding in a shrub; male on the left,
female on the right (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Wilyabrup Beach, WA, December 2016]
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Food, Diet |
Male Southern Emu-wren bringing food for its male young
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bonny Hills, near Port Macquarie, NSW, January 2021]