Malurus
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Malurus is a genus of bird
in the Maluridae
family.
It contains the following species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Maluridae
Maluridae
The Maluridae are a family of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. Commonly known as wrens, they are unrelated to the true wrens of the Northern Hemisphere...
family.
It contains the following species:
- White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)
- Lovely Fairywren (Malurus amabilis)
- Purple-crowned Fairywren (Malurus coronatus)
- Emperor Fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus)
- Red-winged Fairywren (Malurus elegans)
- Broad-billed Fairywren (Malurus grayi)
- White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus)
- Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus)
- Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus)
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)
- Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens)