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Passeriformes / Maluridae / Malurus

Splendid Fairywren

Malurus splendens

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (splfai1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Maluridae
Genus: Malurus

Subspecies (4)

Malurus splendens callainus

central Australia (central Western Australia, southern Northern Territory, and northwestern Northern Territory)
Malurus splendens emmottorum

east-central Australia (central Queensland)
Malurus splendens melanotus

semiarid southeastern Australia (Flinders Ranges to central New South Wales and northwestern Victoria)
Malurus splendens splendens

southwestern Australia (Shark Bay to Esperance and Laverton)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (splfai1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.