Emperor fairywren

Emperor fairywren
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Maluridae
Genus:Malurus
Species: M. cyanocephalus
Binomial name
Malurus cyanocephalus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Todus cyanocephalus
  • Todopsis cyanocephala

The emperor fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus) is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found in New Guinea in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

The emperor fairywren was originally described in the genus Todus and later classified in the genus Todopsis. Alternate names include the blue fairywren, blue wren-warbler, emperor wren, imperial fairywren, imperial wren, and New Guinea blue-wren.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • M. c. cyanocephalus - (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830): Found in north-western and northern New Guinea
  • M. c. mysorensis - (Meyer, AB, 1874): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Todopsis. Found on Biak (off north-western New Guinea)
  • M. c. bonapartii - (Gray, GR, 1859): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Todopsis. Found in southern New Guinea and Aru Islands

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Malurus cyanocephalus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T22703765A118652948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22703765A118652948.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds & Australasian wrens« IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.


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