Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | malur superb |
Dutch | Ornaatelfje |
English | Superb Fairywren |
English (United States) | Superb Fairywren |
French | Mérion superbe |
French (France) | Mérion superbe |
German | Prachtstaffelschwanz |
Icelandic | Blárindill |
Japanese | ルリオーストラリアムシクイ |
Norwegian | blåalvesmett |
Polish | chwostka szafirowa |
Russian | Великолепный малюр |
Serbian | Obični vilinski carić |
Slovak | zamatovec modrý |
Spanish | Maluro Soberbio |
Spanish (Spain) | Maluro soberbio |
Swedish | vitbukig blåsmyg |
Turkish | Muhteşem Peribülbülü |
Ukrainian | Малюр сапфіровий |
Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782)
PROTONYM:
Motacilla cyanea
Ellis, 1782. An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke in His Majesty's ships Resolution and Discovery during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780, in search of a north-west passage between the continents of Asia and America, including a faithful account of their discoveries and the unfortunate death of Captain Cook. Vol. 1, p.22.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Adventure Bay, southern Tasmania, ex Ellis, 1782, Narrative Voyage Captain Cook, 1, p. 22.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MALURUS
- cyaneum / cyaneus
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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
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus Scientific name definitions
Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 29, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 29, 2013
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
Authors
Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell
Recommended Citation
Rowley, I. and E. Russell (2020). Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.supfai1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 29, 2013
- Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Authors
Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell
Recommended Citation
Rowley, I. and E. Russell (2013). Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.