Published March 6, 2023 | Version v1
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Malurus cyanocephalus

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EMPEROR FAIRY WREN Malurus cyanocephalus #

Local name Man Fréfré (Sansundi).

Range M. c. mysorensis Biak, Supiori; M. c. cyanocephalus Yapen.

Status Biak endemic subspecies. Obtained by most collectors and seen by most visitors. Common and widespread; usually encountered in pairs in dense understorey of primary, selectively logged and secondary forest; sea level to c. 300 m (KDB; Supiori).

Notes

Published as part of Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, pp. 3-62 in Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 143 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2, http://zenodo.org/record/11642130

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Quoy & Gaimard
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Maluridae
Genus
Malurus
Species
cyanocephalus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Malurus cyanocephalus (Quoy, 1830) sec. Bishop, 2023