Malurus
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Malurus
| image = Superb blue Wren1.jpg
| image_caption = Male superb fairywren
| taxon = Malurus
| authority = Vieillot, 1816
| type_species = Motacilla cyanea{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=118 |title= Maluridae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}
| type_species_authority = Ellis, 1782
| synonyms = * Musciparus
}}
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 {{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2018 | title=Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds & Australasian wrens | work=World Bird List Version 8.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/lyrebirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=26 January 2018 }}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Malurus cyanocephalus | Emperor fairywren | New Guinea |
| 120px | Malurus amabilis | Lovely fairywren | North-eastern Australia |
| 120px | Malurus assimilis | Purple-backed fairywren | Central and Western Australia |
| 120px | Malurus lamberti | Variegated fairywren | Eastern Australia |
| 120px | Malurus pulcherrimus | Blue-breasted fairywren | Southern Western Australia and the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia |
| 120px | Malurus elegans | Red-winged fairywren | South-western corner of Western Australia |
| 120px | Malurus cyaneus | Superb fairywren | Australia and lowland New Guinea |
| 120px | Malurus splendens | Splendid fairywren | Central and Western Australia |
| 120px | Malurus coronatus | Purple-crowned fairywren | Northern Australia |
| Malurus alboscapulatus | White-shouldered fairywren | New Guinea | |
| 120px | Malurus melanocephalus | Red-backed fairywren | Australia |
| 120px | 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){{Cite web|url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=C3E23BC449E79756|title=Sipodotus wallacii (Wallace's Fairywren) - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-11-09}}
- Broad-billed fairywren (as Malurus grayi){{Cite web|url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=71BBCB59&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Chenorhamphus grayi (Broad-billed Fairywren) - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-11-15}}
- Campbell's fairywren (as Malurus campbelli){{Cite web|url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=B1E93CFF&sec=summary&ssver=1|title=Chenorhamphus campbelli (Campbell's Fairywren) - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-11-15}}
References
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- 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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Category:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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