Australasian wren
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The Australasian wrens are a family, Maluridae, of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. While commonly known as wrens, they are unrelated to the true wrens. The family comprises 32 species (including sixteen fairywrens, three emu-wrens, and thirteen grasswrens) in six genera.
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Australasian wren | |
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Male superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus, Maluridae) | |
Malurus coronatus song | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Superfamily: | Meliphagoidea |
Family: | Maluridae Swainson, 1831 |
Genera | |
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