Subspecies Stipiturus malachurus malachurus (Shaw, 1798)

• Muscicapa malachura Shaw, G. 1798. An appendix to Account of a New Species of Muscicapa from New South Wales by Major-General Thomas Davies. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 242 [242].
• Motacilla fimbriata Wilkes, J. 1817. Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature. London Vol. 16. [102] [based on Le Vaillant, Oiseaux d'Afrique, vol. iii, pl. 130, fig. 2].
• Malurus palustris Vieillot, L.P. 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'Agriculture, à l'Écomomie rurale et domestique, à la Médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle Édition. Paris : Déterville Vol. 20. [213] [replacement name for malachurus Shaw 1798].
• Malurus gularis Stephens, J.F. 1826. In, General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves. London : J. & A. Arch etc. Vol. XIII Pt II 290 pp. pls 31-63. [published Feb. 1826, publication dated 1825, 1826] [224].
• Malurus emitis Ewing, T.J. 1841. A catalogue of the birds of Tasmania. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 1: 52-58 [no month = 31 Dec. 1841, publication dated 1842] [53].
• Stipiturus malachurus tregellasi Mathews, G.M. 1912. Additions and corrections to my Reference List to the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 1(2): 25-52 [Date published 2 Apr 1912] [45].
• Stipiturus malachurus richmondi Mathews, G.M. 1923. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 10. [Date published 30 Jan 1923] [145].

Generic Combinations

• Stipiturus malachurus malachurus (Shaw, 1798).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Low sclerophyll heath.

History of changes