List of Birds of Tasmania - Fairywrens

Fairywrens

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Maluridae

The fairywrens are a family of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. Most closely related to honeyeaters and pardalotes, they are more closely related to crows than to true wrens of the northern hemisphere. Two species are native to Tasmania.

  • Superb Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus
  • Southern Emu-wren, Stipiturus malachurus

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