Blue-breasted Fairywren
Malurus pulcherrimusGould, J, 1844
English (US) Blue-breasted Fairywren
The Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Maluridae (Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southwestern Australia (Shark Bay, west-central Australia eastward to Eyre Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Malurus pulcherrimus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-breasted Fairywren
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1844
- Type locality
- Western Australia = Wongan Hills, southwestern Australia, fide Mathews, 1913, List Birds Australia, p. 227.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.12, no.136 p.106
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens
Orange-crowned Fairywren
Clytomyias insignis
Broad-billed Fairywren
Chenorhamphus grayi
Campbell's Fairywren
Chenorhamphus campbelli
Emperor Fairywren
Malurus cyanocephalus
Purple-crowned Fairywren
Malurus coronatus
Red-winged Fairywren
Malurus elegans
Purple-backed Fairywren
Malurus assimilis
Variegated Fairywren
Malurus lamberti
Lovely Fairywren
Malurus amabilis
Splendid Fairywren
Malurus splendens
Superb Fairywren
Malurus cyaneus
White-winged Fairywren
Malurus leucopterus
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