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Superb fairywren
Malurus cyaneus · Family Maluridae
Malurus cyaneus
Family Maluridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Maluridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,554,232
- Countries and territories with records
- 6
About this species
This species has 1,554,232 occurrence records from 6 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 1.4% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Malurus cyaneus combines the genus name Malurus with the species epithet cyaneus. The Warbla app catalog lists 12 species of the genus Malurus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Malurus lamberti, Malurus melanocephalus and Malurus splendens.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 31 species of the family Maluridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 20.4 times the family average (76,303). The family Maluridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.