Broad-billed Fairywren
Chenorhamphus grayi(Wallace, AR, 1862)
English (US) Broad-billed Fairywren
The Broad-billed Fairywren (Chenorhamphus grayi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Maluridae (Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northern New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula to Sepik River), including Salawati (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chenorhamphus grayi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Broad-billed Fairywren
- Described by
- (Wallace, AR, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Todopsis grayi
- Described by
- (Wallace, AR, 1862)
- Type locality
- Sorong, northwestern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862, pt.2 p.166
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens
Kalkadoon Grasswren
Amytornis ballarae
Southern Emu-wren
Stipiturus malachurus
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
Stipiturus ruficeps
Mallee Emu-wren
Stipiturus mallee
Wallace's Fairywren
Sipodotus wallacii
Orange-crowned Fairywren
Clytomyias insignis
Campbell's Fairywren
Chenorhamphus campbelli
Emperor Fairywren
Malurus cyanocephalus
Purple-crowned Fairywren
Malurus coronatus
Red-winged Fairywren
Malurus elegans
Blue-breasted Fairywren
Malurus pulcherrimus
Purple-backed Fairywren
Malurus assimilis
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