Malurus cyanocephalus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Corvida
Superfamilia: Meliphagoidea
Familia: Maluridae
Genus: Malurus
Species: Malurus cyanocephalus
Subspecies: M. c. bonapartii - M. c. cyanocephalus - M. c. mysorensis

Name

Malurus cyanocephalus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Vernacular names

Reference

Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe executé par ordre du roi, pendant 1826 - 1829 1 p.227 AtlasOis. pl.5 fig.4

The Broad-billed Fairywren (also known as the Campbell's Fairywren) (Malurus grayi) is a species of bird in the Maluridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomic note

Malurus grayi and M. campbelli (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into M. grayi following Beehler et al. (1986), Coates (1990) and Vuilleumier et al. (1992).
References

* BirdLife International 2004. Malurus grayi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.