Splendid fairywren: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the splendid fairywren lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Malurus splendens
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Maluridae

Where does the splendid fairywren live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the splendid fairywren in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the splendid fairywren endangered?

The splendid fairywren’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the splendid fairywren?

The splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Maluridae, genus Malurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the splendid fairywren

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 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 semiarid 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. Nonbreeding 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Splendid fairywren (revision 1379832882), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q850528 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).