The purple-backed fairywren is a fairywren that is native to Australia. Described by Alfred John North in 1901, it has four recognised subspecies. In a species that exhibits sexual dimorphism, the brightly coloured breeding male has chestnut shoulders and azure crown and ear coverts, while non-breeding males, females and juveniles have predominantly grey-brown plumage, although females of two subspecies have mainly blue-grey plumage. Distributed over much of the Australian continent, the purple-backed fairywren is found in scrubland with plenty of vegetation providing dense cover. Source: Wikipedia
Citación:
North, AJ 1901
Referencia:
Victorian Nat.
18 p.29
Protónimo:
Malurus assimilis
localidad tipo:
Mossgiel, interior of New South Wales.
Enlace:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37552#page/37/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
549957F44E89DF6D
Avibase ID:
avibase-549957F4
Enlace corto:
https://avibase.ca/549957F4
Número de serie taxonómico:
TSN: 713636
Rango geográfico:
Autoridades que reconocen el concepto taxonómico:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Purple-backed Fairy-wren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Purple-backed Fairy-wren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Purple-backed Fairy-wren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Purple-backed Fairy-wren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Purple-backed Fairy-wren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Purple-backed Fairy-wren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Purple-backed Fairywren ( Malurus assimilis) [version 1] |
Situación Taxonómica:
Estatus de la especie: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
Este taxón está considerado como una subespecie de
Malurus [lamberti or assimilis]
(sensu lato) por algunos autores
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