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    The purple-crowned fairywren (Malurus coronatus) is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is the largest of the eleven species...
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    most closely related to the superb fairywren. These two "blue wrens" are closely related to the purple-crowned fairywren of north-western Australia. Specimens...
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    the superb fairywren's closest relative is the splendid fairywren; these two "blue wrens" are also related to the purple-crowned fairywren of northwestern...
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    The purple-backed fairywren (Malurus assimilis) is a fairywren that is native to Australia. Described by Alfred John North in 1901, it has four recognised...
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  • fruit dove Purple-chested hummingbird Purple-collared woodstar Purple-crested turaco Purple-crowned fairy Purple-crowned fairywren Purple-crowned lorikeet...
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  • variety of birds such as the channel-billed cuckoo, Pacific koel, purple-crowned fairywren and the bowerbird. The sandstone gorges of north Kimberley are...
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    birthplace, which reduces the chance of mating with a close relative. Purple-crowned fairywren females paired with related males may undertake extra-pair matings...
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    Climacteridae: Australian treecreepers Ptilonorhynchidae: bowerbirds Maluridae: fairywrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens Dasyornithidae: bristlebirds Pardalotidae: pardalotes...
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    environment with high levels of sexual selection. Another example is in purple-crowned fairywrens; larger males of this species sing advertising songs at a lower...
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    chestnut-shouldered fairywrens. The other four species are the variegated fairywren, purple-backed fairywren, red-winged fairywren, and the blue-breasted fairywren. A...
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    species until 2018, when they were reclassified as the purple-backed fairywren. The variegated fairywren was originally described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors...
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    including: Wallace's fairywren (as Malurus wallacei and Malurus wallacii) Broad-billed fairywren (as Malurus grayi) Campbell's fairywren (as Malurus campbelli)...
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    to the near-threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae). The purple-crowned fairywren (Malurus coronatus) is threatened by habitat loss, as its riparian...
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    malachurus Rufous-crowned emuwren Stipiturus ruficeps Mallee emuwren Stipiturus mallee Purple-crowned fairywren Malurus coronatus Red-winged fairywren Malurus elegans...
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  • Rufous-crowned emuwren, Stipiturus ruficeps Purple-crowned fairywren, Malurus coronatus Purple-backed fairywren, Malurus assimilis Splendid fairywren, Malurus...
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  • Rufous-crowned emu-wren Splendid fairywren White-winged fairywren Red-backed fairywren Purple-crowned fairywren Superb fairywren Variegated fairywren Blue-breasted...
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    Rufous-crowned emuwren, Stipiturus ruficeps Purple-crowned fairywren, Malurus coronatus Purple-backed fairywren, Malurus assimilis Variegated fairywren, Malurus...
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  • Climacteris rufa - Aus Purple-crowned fairywren, Malurus coronatus - Aus Superb fairywren, Malurus cyaneus - Aus Splendid fairywren, Malurus splendens -...
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    subspecies of brush cuckoo. For C. v. dumetorum they include the purple-crowned fairywren, brown-backed honeyeater, bar-breasted honeyeater and for C. v...
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    Campbell Eyton plans a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall. Purple-crowned fairywren discovered on Augustus Charles Gregory's northern Australian expedition...
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    wanderer Plumed whistling-duck Powerful owl Princess parrot Purple-crowned fairywren Purple-crowned lorikeet Radjah shelduck Rainbow lorikeet Red lory Red-backed...
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  • grasswren Orange-crowned fairywren White-shouldered fairywren Lovely fairywren Purple-crowned fairywren Superb fairywren Emperor fairywren (Malurus cyanocephalus)...
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  • environment with high levels of sexual selection. Another example is in purple-crowned fairywrens; larger males of this species sing advertising songs at a lower...
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  • Rufous-crowned emuwren Stipiturus ruficeps Purple-crowned fairywren Malurus coronatus Red-winged fairywren Malurus elegans (E) Blue-breasted fairywren Malurus...
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    red-backed fairy-wren while there are important populations of purple-crowned fairywren (Malurus coronatus) along the rivers especially the Victoria. The...
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  • Regent bowerbird Scaly-breasted lorikeet Spiny-cheeked honeyeater Splendid fairywren Spotted bowerbird Star finch Tawny frogmouth Torresian crow Varied lorikeet...
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    species recorded from Mornington including the Gouldian finch, purple-crowned fairywren and Australian bustard. Threatened mammals include the northern...
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  • Maluridae Variegated fairywren, Malurus lamberti Superb fairywren, Malurus cyaneus Splendid fairywren, Malurus splendens White-winged fairywren, Malurus leucopterus...
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    white-quilled rock-pigeons, varied lorikeets, northern rosellas, purple-crowned fairywrens, silver-crowned friarbirds, white-gaped, yellow-tinted, bar-breasted and...
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  • mallee (A) Purple-backed fairywren, Malurus assimilis Variegated fairywren, Malurus lamberti Splendid fairywren, Malurus splendens Superb fairywren, Malurus...
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