Stipiturus mallee
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The mallee emu-wren (Stipiturus mallee) is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened because of habitat loss. The mallee emu-wren is one of three species of the genus Stipiturus, commonly known as emu-wrens. Within the genus, the mallee emu-wren and the rufous crowned emu-wren are sister species.
It was first described in 1908 by Archibald James Campbell on the basis of a male specimen sent to him by C.H. McLennan from the Mallee district. Campbell thought that it was an intermediate form between the southern and rufous-crowned emu-wren and described as Stipiturus mallee. It was later treated as a subspecies of both the southern and rufous-crowned emu-wren, and as a separate species, though biochemical data supports its placement as a separate species.
The species is monotypic, with no recognised subspecies. The common name of the genus is derived from the resemblance of their tails to the feathers of an emu. The scientific name of the genus comes from the Latin stipitus (stem) and Greek oura (tail), while the specific epithet comes from the aboriginal... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mallee Emuwren sighting in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park on a given day, based on 472 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 170 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Mallee Emuwren in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February to May, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mallee Emuwren sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, in our data
Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mallee Emuwren sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Maluridae
The closest relatives of the Mallee Emuwren that you can see in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (family Maluridae, Fairywrens and Allies) are Splendid Fairywren (about 40%), Striated Grasswren (about 30%) and Purple-backed Fairywren (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mallee Emuwren is recorded against all the birds logged in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (472 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
