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The splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens) 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 superb fairywren is one of eleven species of the genus Malurus, commonly known as fairywrens, found in Australia and lowland New Guinea. [3] Within the genus, the superb fairywren's closest relative is the splendid fairywren; these two "blue wrens" are also related to the purple-crowned fairywren of northwestern Australia.
The Australasian wrens are a family, Maluridae, of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. While commonly known as wrens, they are unrelated to the true wrens . The family comprises 32 species (including sixteen fairywrens, three emu-wrens , and thirteen grasswrens ) in six genera.
Malurus is a genus of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. Taxonomy and systematics ... Splendid fairywren:
Within the genus it is most closely related to the splendid fairywren and superb fairywren. [9] [10] It is also sometimes placed as a sister to clade including the two "blue wrens" along with the white-shouldered fairywren, white-winged fairywren, and the red-backed fairywren, also called the bicoloured wrens. [10] [11]
The orange-crowned fairywren (Clytomyias insignis) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is monotypic within the genus Clytomyias . [ 2 ] It is found on New Guinea in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist montane forests .
Female (left), black bill and red lores, male in eclipse plumage showing patches of black and blue. The red-winged fairywren is 15 cm (6 in) long and weighs 8–11 g (0.28–0.39 oz), making it the largest of the fairywrens. [14]
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