Emperor Fairywren

Malurus cyanocephalus

The emperor fairywren is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found in New Guinea in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is the largest species of fairywren. It is highly sexually dimorphic. Males have a blue and black plumage, with the females having blue and black plumage only on their heads, with the rest of the body being coloured a rusty brown and having a black tail tipped with white. There are 3 recognized subspecies of the emperor fairywren, one from north and northwestern New Guinea, one from Biak Island, and one from south New Guinea and the Aru Islands.

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Recordings (22)

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ID↑↓	Recordist↑↓	Date▲	Country↑↓	Location↑↓	Type↑↓	Quality↑↓	Duration↑↓
XC592838	Scott Connop	1993-10-11	Papua New Guinea	Tabubil, Western Province	song	A	0:53
XC121945	Bas van Balen	1997-02-12	Indonesia	Amamapare, Freeport, Papua	call	B	0:41
XC141964	Bas van Balen	2002-03-25	Indonesia	Tangguh, West Papua	song	B	1:18
XC141965	Bas van Balen	2002-03-25	Indonesia	Tangguh, West Papua	song	B	0:11
XC141092	Bas van Balen	2002-03-28	Indonesia	Tangguh, West Papua	song	B	1:18
XC140372	Bas van Balen	2002-04-19	Indonesia	Amamapare, Freeport, Papua	song	B	1:12
XC140884	Bas van Balen	2007-04-29	Indonesia	Waropen Atas, Papua	song	B	0:23
XC140885	Bas van Balen	2007-05-17	Indonesia	Waropen Atas, Papua	song	B	1:20
XC408724	Rolf A. de By	2007-06-25	Papua New Guinea	Ok Ma road, Tabubil, Western Province	call, song	A	0:51
XC24676	Frank Lambert	2008-08-29	Papua New Guinea	Brown River area, near Port Moresby	call	C	0:03
XC155805	Hans Matheve	2009-07-20	Indonesia	Biak Island	song	A	0:07
XC155804	Hans Matheve	2009-07-20	Indonesia	Biak Island	call	B	0:11
XC557695	Iain Woxvold	2010-06-08	Papua New Guinea	Frieda River Plains, East Sepik Province	call, song	B	0:52
XC557696	Iain Woxvold	2010-06-11	Papua New Guinea	Frieda River Plains, East Sepik Province	song	A	0:22
XC557697	Iain Woxvold	2010-06-11	Papua New Guinea	Frieda River Plains, East Sepik Province	call	B	0:20
XC166877	Frank Lambert	2013-07-15	Indonesia	Biak, Papua Barat (West Papua)	call	B	0:27
XC166878	Frank Lambert	2013-07-15	Indonesia	Biak, Papua Barat (West Papua)	call	B	0:23
XC166875	Frank Lambert	2013-07-15	Indonesia	Biak, Papua Barat (West Papua)	call	A	0:45
XC409524	Ross Gallardy	2017-09-09	Indonesia	Sorong Timur, Kota Sorong, Papua Barat	call	A	0:31
XC409629	Ross Gallardy	2017-09-10	Indonesia	Sorong Manoi (near Sorong), Kota Sorong, Papua Barat	song	A	0:08

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