Fairywrens and Allies
Maluridae
Maluridae is a family of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. Commonly known as wrens, they are unrelated to the true wrens of the Northern Hemisphere. The family includes 15 species of fairywren (6 in New Guinea and 9 in Australia), 3 emu-wrens, and approximately 11 grasswrens.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 33 known species
Typical Fairywrens
genusMalurus
Emuwrens
genusStipiturus
Grasswrens
genusAmytornis
Sipodotus
genusSipodotus
Clytomyias
genusClytomyias
Broad-billed and Campbell's Fairywrens
genusChenorhamphus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12061.