Malurus

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Malurus is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.

Taxonomy

The genus Malurus was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot to accommodate a single species, Motacilla cyanea Latham, the superb fairywren. This is the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek μαλος/malos meaning "soft" or "delicate" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail".[4]

Species

The genus contains 12 species:[5]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
File:Emperor Fairywren male 0A2A1576.jpg Malurus cyanocephalus Emperor fairywren New Guinea
File:Lovely fairywren portland08.JPG Malurus amabilis Lovely fairywren North-eastern Australia
File:Variegated fairy wren.jpg Malurus assimilis Purple-backed fairywren Central and Western Australia
File:Variegated Fairy-wren male.jpg Malurus lamberti Variegated fairywren Eastern Australia
File:Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus) of Kings Park, Perth Western Australia.jpg Malurus pulcherrimus Blue-breasted fairywren Southern Western Australia and the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia
File:Red winged wren MR walk 3 email.jpg Malurus elegans Red-winged fairywren South-western corner of Western Australia
File:Superb wren.jpg Malurus cyaneus Superb fairywren Australia and lowland New Guinea
File:Splendid fairywren male cunnamulla.JPG Malurus splendens Splendid fairywren Central and Western Australia
File:PCFW nb.jpg Malurus coronatus Purple-crowned fairywren Northern Australia
File:Malurus alboscapulatus 456995085.jpg Malurus alboscapulatus White-shouldered fairywren New Guinea
File:Red-backed Fairy-wren.jpg Malurus melanocephalus Red-backed fairywren Australia
File:White-winged fairywren.jpg Malurus leucopterus White-winged fairywren Central Queensland and South Australia across to Western Australia

Former species

Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize several additional species as belonging to the genus Malurus including:

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Maluridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 44.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 391.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jobling, James A. "Malurus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sipodotus wallacii (Wallace's Fairywren) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chenorhamphus grayi (Broad-billed Fairywren) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chenorhamphus campbelli (Campbell's Fairywren) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.

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