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Sipodotus

Wallace's fairywren
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Illustration (bird below)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Maluridae
Genus: Sipodotus
Mathews, 1928
Species: S. wallacii
Binomial name
Sipodotus wallacii
Gray, 1862
Synonyms

Todopsis wallacii


Todopsis wallacii

The Wallace's fairywren (Sipodotus wallacii) is a species of bird in the Maluridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Sipodotus. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.



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