Emperor fairywren

Emperor fairywren
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Maluridae
Genus:	Malurus
Species:	M. cyanocephalus
Binomial name
*Malurus cyanocephalus* (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

The emperor fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus) is a species of bird in the Maluridae family. It is found in New Guinea.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

Extant Maluridae Species

Subfamily Malurinae

Tribe Malurini

Malurus	White-shouldered fairywren Lovely fairywren Purple-crowned fairywren Emperor fairywren Red-winged fairywren White-winged fairywren Red-backed fairywren Blue-breasted fairywren Superb fairywren Variegated fairywren Splendid fairywren

Chenorhamphus	Chenorhamphus grayi Chenorhamphus campbelli

Sipodotus	Wallace's fairywren, Sipodotus wallacii

Clytomyias	Orange-crowned fairywren, Clytomyias insignis

Tribe Stipiturini

Stipiturus	Southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus) Mallee emu-wren (Stipiturus mallee) Rufous-crowned emu-wren (Stipiturus ruficeps)

Subfamily Amytornithinae

Amytornis

Taxon identifiers	EoL: 918364 GBIF: 2487535 ITIS: 560973 IUCN: 22703765 NCBI: 1034728

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