Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus) - HBW 12, p. 520

French: Mérion à gorge bleue German: Blaubrust-Staffelschwanz Spanish: Maluro Pechiazul
Other common names: Blue-breasted Wren

Taxonomy: Malurus pulcherrimus Gould, 1844, Western Australia = Wongan Hills, south Western Australia.
Part of the “chestnut-shouldered group”, which includes also M. amabilis, M. lamberti and M. elegans. Protein data indicate that it is closest to last-named; was once confused with race assimilis of M. lamberti and then considered closely allied with that species. Monotypic.

Distribution: SW & S Australia, in diagonal belt from S Western Australia E to extreme SW South Australia and, disjunctly, Eyre Peninsula.