Species profile—Malurus splendens (splendid fairy-wren)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds) → Maluridae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&family=maluridae ) (fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens) → Malurus splendens (splendid fairy-wren)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1548&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1548&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1548 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (animals)
- Class
- Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds)
- Family
- Maluridae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&family=maluridae ) (fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens)
- Scientific name
- Malurus splendens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
- Common name
- splendid fairy-wren
- Type reference
- Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. In Dumont-d'Urville, J. (1830). Voyage de decouvertes de l'Astrolabe execute par ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 1 i 268 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1548
- Synonym(s)
- Malurus splendens melanotis
Malurus splendens emmottorum - Alternate name(s)
- splendid fairy-wren (black-backed subspecies)
splendid fairywren
turquioise fairy-wren
superb warbler
splendid wren
black-backed blue wren
banded wren
black-backed fairy wren - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Malurus%20splendens#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=MALURUS%2BSPLENDENS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1548 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1548 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
