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Common name for certain small, insectivorous Australian birds, incorporating fourteen members of the family Maluridae.
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fairy-wren — /ˈfɛəri rɛn/ (say fairree ren) noun any of various Australian wrens of the genus Malurus, as the variegated fairy wren, M. lamberti, the purple crowned fairy wren, M. coronatus, and the red backed fairy wren, M. melanocephalus, found throughout… …
fairy wren — ▪ bird also called Blue Wren, or Superb Warbler, any of the 14 species of the Australian genus Malurus of the songbird family Maluridae (sometimes placed in the warbler family Sylviidae). These common names, and bluecap, are given… … Universalium
fairy wren — noun : any of numerous small Australian warblers (genus Malurus) having the male usually brilliantly colored and the female drably brown … Useful english dictionary
Superb Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = Superb Fairy wren status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50687|title=Malurus cyaneus|downloaded=9 May 2006] image width = 250px image caption = Male in breeding… … Wikipedia
Variegated Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = Variegated Fairy wren status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50689|title=Malurus lamberti|downloaded=09 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this… … Wikipedia
Splendid Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = Splendid Fairy wren status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50688|title=Malurus splendens|downloaded=19 October 2007] image caption = A male Splendid Fairy wren… … Wikipedia
Red-winged Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = Red winged Fairy wren image width = 220px image caption = Male in nuptial plumage, Margaret River, Western Australia status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [BirdLife International 2004.… … Wikipedia
Red-backed Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = Red backed Fairy wren image caption = Male (ssp. melanocephalus ) in breeding plumage carrying red petal, Noosa status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [BirdLife International 2004.… … Wikipedia
White-winged Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = White winged Fairy wren image caption = ssp. leuconotus Coolmunda Dam, nr Inglewood, Qld status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50686|title=Malurus… … Wikipedia
Purple-crowned Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = Purple crowned Fairy wren image caption = Purple crowned Fairy wren painting by John Gould status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Maluridae genus =… … Wikipedia
