Order Passeriformes | Phylum Chordata Family Maluridae Scientific name Chenorhamphus grayi Rank Species | |
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Similar White‑shouldered fairywren, Emperor fairywren, Wallace's fairywren, Maluridae, Orange‑crowned fairywren | ||
The broad-billed fairywren (Chenorhamphus grayi) is a species of bird in the Maluridae family. It is found in north and northwestern New Guinea.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomic note
Chenorhamphus grayi and C. campbelli (Campbell's fairywren) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) were lumped into C. grayi following Beehler et al. (1986), Coates (1990) and Vuilleumier et al. (1992). A 2011 analysis by Amy Driskell and colleagues of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA showed high divergence between the two subspecies and recommended they be resplit into separate species. It also found them to lie in a clade with the two other monospecific New Guinea genera and not with the other species of Malurus. Hence they recommend reclassifying them within the genus Chenorhamphus.