Species Malurus (Leggeornis) pulcherrimus Gould, 1844

Museums

Regional Maps

• Malurus pulcherrimus Gould, J. 1844. Untitled. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1844(12): 103-107 [Date published Oct 1844] [106].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 871 ♂, Western Australia.
• Malurus caeruleicapillus Gray, G.R. 1869. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, Distinguishing those Contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 1 xx 404 pp. [204] [nomen nudum, nor made available by introduction into synonymy of Malurus pulcherrimus Gould, 1844 by Sharpe, Cat. Birds BM 4 (1879: 294): ICdZN Art. 11.5,6; date of publication disputed — December 1869 most likely, since noted as just published in Ibis of January 1870].
• Malurus pulcherrimus stirlingi Mathews, G.M. 1913. Additions and corrections to my Reference List, Addenda. Austral Avian Records 1(8): 187-194 [Date published Jan.] [192].
• Malurus lamberti eyrei Mellor, J.W. 1921. Description of a New Wren. South Australian Ornithologist 5(5): 10 [Date published 1 Jan 1921] [10].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, temperate eucalypt.

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Blue-breasted Fairy-wren)

History of changes