Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae (Australasian Wrens)  
Genus: Malurus (12 species)


White-shouldered Fairywren
White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)
Range: AU: New Guinea
Sentani, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Lovely Fairywren
Lovely Fairywren (Malurus amabilis) Male
Range: AU: ne Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info

Lovely Fairywren
Lovely Fairywren (Malurus amabilis) Female
Range: AU: ne Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info


Purple-backed Fairywren
Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis) Male
Range: AU: Australia (except sw, ne, se and Tasmania)
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info


Purple-crowned Fairywren
Purple-crowned Fairywren (Malurus coronatus) Male
Range: AU: nc Australia
Lawn Hill National Park, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by Graham Winterflood     Copyright and usage info


Superb Fairywren
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) Male
Range: AU: se Australia and Tasmania
Strangways, Victoria, Australia  
   
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info


Emperor Fairywren
Emperor Fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus) Male
Range: AU: New Guinea
Biak, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Emperor Fairywren
Emperor Fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus mysorensis) Female
Range: AU: New Guinea
Biak, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Red-winged Fairywren (Malurus elegans)
Range: AU: sw WA (sw Australia)
 



Variegated Fairywren
Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti) Male
Range: AU: se QLD to se NSW (se Australia)
Lake Parramatta Reserve, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Variegated Fairywren
Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti) Female
Range: AU: se QLD to se NSW (se Australia)
Lake Parramatta Reserve, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


White-winged Fairywren
White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus leuconotus) Male
Range: AU: Australia (except n, s, e, Tasmania)
Lake Cargelligo, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Red-backed Fairywren
Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus) Male
Range: AU: n, e Australia
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info

Red-backed Fairywren
Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus cruentatus) Female
Range: AU: n, e Australia
Bundjalung National Park, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


Blue-breasted Fairywren
Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus) Male
Range: AU: sw WA to sc SA (sw, sc Australia)
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info


Splendid Fairywren
Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) Male
Range: AU: w, c Australia
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info



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