---
title: "Roodooremoesluiper"
description: "Stipiturus malachurus — Vogels. The southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus) is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-emuwren
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodooremoesluiper

> Stipiturus malachurus — Vogels. The southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)  is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.

- Scientific name: *Stipiturus malachurus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 928
- Wikidata: [Q254351](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254351)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12133](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12133)

## Names

- en: Southern Emuwren
- de: Rotstirnborstenschwanz
- fr: Queue-de-gaze du sud
- nl: Roodooremoesluiper
- pl: Szczeciogonek smugowany

## Countries with the most observations

AU (847)

## Summary

The southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)  is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and swamplands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_emu-wren

## Photo

![Roodooremoesluiper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-emuwren/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263534177

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-emuwren?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).