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The Mallee emu-wren (Stipiturus mallee) is a bird found in Australia. Found in Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Mallee emu-wren lives

Found in Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Mallee emu-wren

Recorded by Jack Armstrong (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC863026. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Mallee emu-wren

Where does the Mallee emu-wren live?

The Mallee emu-wren lives in Australia. Found in Australia.

What does the Mallee emu-wren eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), seeds and nuts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Mallee emu-wren endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Weebill
• Eastern whipbird
• Little wattlebird
• Australasian figbird
• Noisy friarbird
• Australian king parrot

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.