Blue-breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Ian Rowley, Eleanor Russell, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Text last updated April 20, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | malur pitblau |
| Dutch | Blauwborstelfje |
| English | Blue-breasted Fairywren |
| English (United States) | Blue-breasted Fairywren |
| French | Mérion à gorge bleue |
| French (France) | Mérion à gorge bleue |
| German | Blaubrust-Staffelschwanz |
| Japanese | アオムネオーストラリアムシクイ |
| Norwegian | praktalvesmett |
| Polish | chwostka świetna |
| Russian | Синегрудый малюр |
| Serbian | Plavogrudi vilinski carić |
| Slovak | zamatovec modroprsý |
| Spanish | Maluro Pechiazul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Maluro pechiazul |
| Swedish | blåbröstad blåsmyg |
| Turkish | Çivit Göğüslü Peribülbülü |
| Ukrainian | Малюр індиговий |
Malurus pulcherrimus Gould, 1844
PROTONYM:
Malurus pulcherrimus
Gould, 1844. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, 2 no.136, p. 106.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Western Australia = Wongan Hills, southwestern Australia, fide Mathews, 1913, List Birds Australia, p. 227.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MALURUS
- pulcherrima / pulcherrimus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Blue-breasted Fairywren
