Lovely Fairywren Malurus amabilis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Text last updated October 14, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | malur amable |
Dutch | Roestflankelfje |
English | Lovely Fairywren |
English (United States) | Lovely Fairywren |
French | Mérion ravissant |
French (France) | Mérion ravissant |
German | Schmuckstaffelschwanz |
Japanese | ケープヨークオーストラリアムシクイ |
Norwegian | fageralvesmett |
Polish | chwostka modrogłowa |
Russian | Расписной малюр |
Serbian | Damski vilinski carić |
Slovak | zamatovec nádherný |
Spanish | Maluro Amable |
Spanish (Spain) | Maluro amable |
Swedish | kapyorkblåsmyg |
Turkish | Tatlı Peribülbülü |
Ukrainian | Малюр синьоголовий |
Malurus amabilis Gould, 1852
Definitions
- MALURUS
- amabile / amabilis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
12–13 cm; 8–11 g. Male in Bright plumage has crown, mantle and ear-tufts azure-blue, scapulars bright rufous, lores, nape, lower back, throat and breast black; upperwing blackish; tail dusky blue with broad white tip (tail often fanned); belly white; iris brown; bill black; legs brown-black. Female has crown to lower back smoky blue, lores and orbital ring white, ear-tufts turquoise-blue, wings dark grey, tail smoky blue with broad white tip, undersurface creamy white; bare parts as male. Male in Dull plumage is variable, may resemble female or may assume grey-brown plumage. Immature resembles female, but duller, with dusky-brown bill.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
N Queensland (from N tip of Cape York Peninsula S to Edward R and, in E, to Townsville–Atherton Tableland), in NE Australia.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Insectivorous. Forages in pairs and small groups. Exploits trees and shrubs in preference to feeding on the ground; fans tail while gleaning from branches and leaves. A strong flier.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song a reel typical of genus, but relatively weak, as those of rest of “chestnut-shouldered group”. Contact call a drawn-out “treeee”, repeated; alarm a brief “zit” .