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Species profile—Malurus leucopterus (white-winged fairy-wren)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Maluridae (fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens) → Malurus leucopterus (white-winged fairy-wren)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Maluridae (fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens)
Scientific name
Malurus leucopterus Dumont, 1824
Common name
white-winged fairy-wren
WildNet taxon ID
1557
Alternate name(s)
black and white fairy-wren
white-winged fairywren
white-backed fairy-wren
blue and white 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)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1557

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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