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Maluridae

13 species · Animals

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Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Maluridae

Malurus elegans Gould, 1837

Malurus elegans, the red-winged fairywren, is the largest fairywren native to southwestern Australian wet forests.

Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782)

This is the description of superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), detailing its physical traits and Australian distribution and habitat.

Malurus pulcherrimus Gould, 1844

Malurus pulcherrimus (blue-breasted fairywren) is a shy, uncommon Australasian wren with a disjunct range across southern Australia.

Malurus coronatus Gould, 1858

Malurus coronatus, the purple-crowned fairywren, is a small riparian specialist bird native to northern Australia, with cooperative breeding behavior.

Malurus splendens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Malurus splendens, the splendid fairywren, is a small sexually dimorphic Australian wren found in arid and semi-arid zones.

Malurus amabilis Gould, 1852

Malurus amabilis, the lovely fairywren, is a fairywren with strong sexual dimorphism in plumage, with distinct breeding male, female, and immature plumage traits.

Malurus leucopterus Dumont, 1824

Malurus leucopterus, the white-winged fairywren, is a small sexually dimorphic Australian wren adapted to dry environments that lives in social groups.

Malurus lamberti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

Malurus lamberti, the variegated fairywren, is a small, sexually dimorphic Australian wren with distinct breeding plumage and cooperative breeding.

Malurus melanocephalus (Latham, 1802)

The red-backed fairywren is a small sexually dimorphic fairywren species endemic to Australia.

Malurus assimilis North, 1901

The purple-backed fairywren is a small sexually dimorphic wren widespread across most of Australia, living in dense scrub and open woodland.

Amytornis striatus (Gould, 1840)

Amytornis striatus, the striated grasswren, is a small cryptic Australian arid-zone bird associated with spinifex grass habitat.

Stipiturus mallee A.J.Campbell, 1908

Stipiturus mallee, the mallee emu-wren, is an endangered Australian wren identifiable by its six emu-like tail feathers, restricted to mallee-spinifex habitat.

Stipiturus malachurus (Shaw, 1798)

Stipiturus malachurus, the southern emu-wren, is a bird with distinct sexual plumage differences that lives in southern Australian coastal open habitats.

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