Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Lingiari has or used to have 70 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Purple-crowned Fairy-wren.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
Malurus coronatus coronatus
Status: Endangered
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Malurus coronatus coronatus is found across 2 electorates.
The Purple-crowned Fairy-wren is a small bird measuring approximately 14 cm in length, with a wing-span of approximately 16 cm, and weighing 9-13 g. The plumage varies according to sex and age and, in males, season, but all birds, regardless of age, sex or time of year, are mostly warm-brown above, and white below with a buff wash, and have a long blue tail, dark bill, dark irises, and brownish legs and feet.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Adverse fire regimes
Climate change and severe weather
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- a shrub (Acacia equisetifolia)
- Latz's Wattle (Acacia latzii)
- Waddy (Acacia peuce)
- Birds Nest Wattle (Acacia pickardii)
- a shrub (Acacia praetermissa)
- Undoolya Wattle (Acacia undoolyana)
- Desert Flannel-flower (Actinotus schwarzii)
- Christmas Island Spleenwort (Asplenium listeri)
- Atalaya brevialata (Atalaya brevialata)
- a shrub (Boronia quadrilata)
- a shrub (Boronia viridiflora)
- Burmannia sp. Bathurst Island (Burmannia sp. Bathurst Island )
- Clausena excavata (Clausena excavata)
- Dwarf Desert Spike-rush (Eleocharis papillosa)
- a sedge (Eleocharis retroflexa)
- Rainbow Valley Fuchsia Bush (Eremophila prostrata)
- Frankenia plicata (Frankenia plicata)
- Goodenia quadrifida (Goodenia quadrifida)
- Helicteres macrothrix (Helicteres macrothrix)
- a shrub (Hibiscus brennanii)
- Hibiscus cravenii (Hibiscus cravenii)
- a vine (Hoya australis subsp. oramicola)
- Central Australian Cabbage Palm (Livistona mariae subsp. mariae)
- MacDonnell Ranges Cycad (Macrozamia macdonnellii)
- Minnie Daisy (Minuria tridens)
- a vine (Mitrella tiwiensis)
- Olearia macdonnellensis (Olearia macdonnellensis)
- a fern (Pneumatopteris truncata)
- Prostanthera schultzii (Prostanthera schultzii)
- Glory of the Centre (Ricinocarpos gloria-medii)
- a triggerplant (Stylidium ensatum)
- Tectaria devexa (Tectaria devexa)
- Mountain Thryptomene (Thryptomene wittweri)
- a tree (Toechima sp. East Alligator )
- a herb (Typhonium jonesii)
- a herb (Typhonium mirabile)
- a herb (Typhonium taylori)
- a shrub (Xylopia monosperma)
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