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Familia: Maluridae
Genus: Malurus
Species: M. alboscapulatus - M. amabilis - M. coronatus - M. cyaneus - M. cyanocephalus - M. elegans - M. lamberti - M. leucopterus - M. melanocephalus - M. pulcherrimus - M. splendens

Name

Malurus Vieillot, 1816
References
Primary references

Vieillot, L.P. 1816. Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. 70 pp. Paris: Deterville. p. 44 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Mack, G. 1934: A revision of the genus Malurus. Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, (8): 100–125. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Fairywren
中文: 細尾鷯鶯屬

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

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