Species Malurus (Malurus) splendens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

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Generic Combinations

• Malurus splendens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Channel Country (CHC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NT, SA, WA: Gibson Desert (GD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Casuarina-cypress woodland, dry sclerophyll forest, low sclerophyll heath, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, mulga 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. (Splendid Fairy-wren)

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