Species profile
Purple-backed Fairywren
Malurus assimilis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are Australia (except sw, ne, se and Tasmania).
- Scientific name
- Malurus assimilis
- Family
- Maluridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Malurus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Purple-backed Fairywren in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Maluridae
- Amytornis amytornis (Amytornis amytornis)
- Amytornis amytornis aenigma (Amytornis amytornis aenigma)
- Amytornis amytornis parvus (Amytornis amytornis parvus)
- Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei)
- Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malurus pulcherrimus)
- Broad-billed Fairywren (Malurus grayi)
- Campbell's Fairywren (Malurus campbelli)
- Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae)