Malurus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Malurus | |
---|---|
Male superb fairywren | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Maluridae |
Genus: | Malurus Vieillot, 1816 |
Type species | |
Motacilla cyanea[1] Ellis, 1782
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Malurus is a genus of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
The following table reports the English names proposed for the twelve species recognised by the listing of the International Ornithologist Committee [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
Malurus cyanocephalus | Emperor fairywren | New Guinea | |
Malurus amabilis | Lovely fairywren | North-eastern Australia | |
Malurus assimilis | Purple-backed fairywren | Central and Western Australia | |
Malurus lamberti | Variegated fairywren | Eastern Australia | |
Malurus pulcherrimus | Blue-breasted fairywren | Southern Western Australia and the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia | |
Malurus elegans | Red-winged fairywren | South-western corner of Western Australia | |
Malurus cyaneus | Superb fairywren | Australia and lowland New Guinea | |
Malurus splendens | Splendid fairywren | Central and Western Australia | |
Malurus coronatus | Purple-crowned fairywren | Northern Australia | |
Malurus alboscapulatus | White-shouldered fairywren | New Guinea | |
Malurus melanocephalus | Red-backed fairywren | Australia | |
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:
- Wallace's fairywren (as Malurus wallacei and Malurus wallacii)[3]
- Broad-billed fairywren (as Malurus grayi)[4]
- Campbell's fairywren (as Malurus campbelli)[5]
References
- ^ "Maluridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds & Australasian wrens". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Sipodotus wallacii (Wallace's Fairywren) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- ^ "Chenorhamphus grayi (Broad-billed Fairywren) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "Chenorhamphus campbelli (Campbell's Fairywren) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Malurus
- Maluridae
- Bird genera
- Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot
- Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
- All stub articles
- Meliphagoidea stubs