Broad-billed fairywren
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Maluridae |
| Genus: | Chenorhamphus |
| Species: | C. grayi
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| Chenorhamphus grayi (Wallace, 1862)
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The broad-billed fairywren (Chenorhamphus grayi) is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found in northern and north-western New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The broad-billed fairywren was originally described in the obsolete genus Alternate names for the broad-billed fairywren include broad-billed wren and broad-billed wren-warbler.
Behaviour and ecology
Diet
Little is known about the diet of the broad-billed fairywren, although it is thought to be insectivorous. Like other New Guinean fairywrens, the species forages on the ground and in dense undergrowth, especially around exposed tree roots. Feeding is done in the lower forest, up to 5 m.[4]
Breeding
Males with enlarged
The only known nest was at a height of 50 cm (20 in) in primary forest in a 20 m (66 ft) wide ridge. It was a cavity in moss that covered a sapling's trunk, and was 8 cm (3.1 in) deep and 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. It was lined with dry needles, along with strips of bark, and contained two chicks in October.[4]
References
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- PMID 21466855.
- ^ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ .