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Splendid Fairywren

Malurus splendens (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP 1832)

The splendid fairywren is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is also known simply as the splendid wren or more colloquially in Western Australia as the blue wren. The splendid fairywren is found across much of the Australian continent from central-western New South Wales and southwestern Queensland over to coastal Western Australia. It inhabits predominantly arid and semi-arid regions. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism, the male in breeding plumage is a small, long-tailed bird of predominantly bright blue and black colouration. Non-breeding males, females and juveniles are predominantly grey-brown in colour; this gave the early impression that males were polygamous as all dull-coloured birds were taken for females. It comprises several similar all-blue and black subspecies that were originally considered separate species. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Maluridae
Genus:
   Malurus
Scientific:
  Malurus splendens

Original description

Citation:
  (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP 1832)

Reference:
   Voy. Astrolabe [Dumont D'Urville], Zool. 1 p.197 AtlasOis. pl.10 fig.1

Imprint year:
  1830

Protonym:
  Saxicola splendens

Type locality:
  King George Sound, southwestern Australia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064262#page/255/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  391EA6CB4F70C90F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-391EA6CB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/391EA6CB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560980

Geographic range:

  • Malurus splendens: southern Western Australia (Shark Bay to Esperance and Laverton)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Splendid Fairywren
Catalan:
malur esplèndid
Czech:
modropláštník modrofialový
Danish:
Pragtalfesmutte
German:
Türkisstaffelschwanz
Spanish:
Ratona Australiana Franjeada
Finnish:
australiansinimaluri
French:
Mérion splendide
Hungarian:
tengerkék tündérmadár
Italian:
Scricciolo azzuro splendente
Japanese (romaji):
murasakio-sutorariamushikui
Japanese:
ムラサキオアストラリアムシクイ
Lithuanian:
Blizgusis maluras
Dutch:
Prachtelfje
Norwegian:
Indigoalvesmett
Polish:
chwostka wspaniala
Portuguese:
Carriça-australiana-azul
Russian:
Блестящий расписной малюр
Slovak:
zamatovec tyrkysový
Swedish:
Praktblåsmyg
Ukrainian:
Малюр лазуровий
Chinese:
辉蓝细尾鹩莺
Chinese (Traditional):
輝藍細尾鷯鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Malurus [splendens, callainus or melanotus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: malur esplèndid
Czech: modropláštník modrofialový
Danish: Pragtalfesmutte
German: Türkisstaffelschwanz
English: Banded Blue Wren, Banded Wren, Splendid Fairywren, Splendid Fairy-wren, Splendid Fairywren (nominal form), Splendid Fairywren (nominate), Splendid Wren
Esperanto: Splenda maluro
Spanish: Ratona Australiana Franjeada
Estonian: türkiis-tikksaba
Finnish: Australiansinimaluri
French: Mérion splendide, Mérion splendide (nominal), Mérion splendide (nominale), Mérion splendide (race nominale), Mérion splendide (splendens)
Hungarian: tengerkék tündérmadár
Italian: Scricciolo azzuro splendente
Japanese (romaji): murasakio-sutorariamushikui
Japanese: ムラサキオアストラリアムシクイ
Scientific: Malurus splendens, Malurus splendens aridus, Malurus splendens splendens, Saxicola splendens
Lithuanian: Blizgusis maluras
Dutch: Prachtelfje
Norwegian: Indigoalvesmett
Polish: chwostka wspaniala, chwostka wspaniała
Portuguese: Carriça-australiana-azul
Russian: Блестящий расписной малюр
Slovak: Zamatovec tyrkysový
Swedish: Praktblåsmyg
Ukrainian: Малюр лазуровий
Chinese: 辉蓝细尾鹩莺
Chinese (Traditional): 輝藍細尾鷯鶯

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