Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | malur de dors porpra |
| English | Purple-backed Fairywren |
| English (United States) | Purple-backed Fairywren |
| French | Mérion violacé |
| French (France) | Mérion violacé |
| German | Purpurrücken-Staffelschwanz |
| Japanese | ムナグロオーストラリアムシクイ |
| Norwegian | purpurhodealvesmett |
| Polish | chwostka pyszna |
| Russian | Красноспинный малюр |
| Serbian | Višebojni vilinski carić |
| Slovak | zamatovec fialový |
| Spanish | Maluro Dorsimorado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Maluro dorsimorado |
| Swedish | purpurryggig blåsmyg |
| Turkish | Mavi Sırtlı Peribülbülü |
| Ukrainian | Малюр австралійський |
Malurus assimilis North, 1901
PROTONYM:
Malurus assimilis
North, 1901. The Victorian Naturalist 18, p.29.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mossgiel, interior of New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MALURUS
- assimile / assimilis
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Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis 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
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis
Authors
Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell
Recommended Citation
Rowley, I. and E. Russell (2020). Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.varfai1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 29, 2013
- Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
Authors
Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell
Recommended Citation
Rowley, I. and E. Russell (2013). Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti). 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.
