Species profile
Splendid Fairywren
Malurus splendens
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are w, c Australia.
- Scientific name
- Malurus splendens
- Family
- Maluridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Malurus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Splendid 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)