Red-winged Fairywren
Malurus elegans
Fairywrens (Maluridae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Red-winged Fairywren with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Blue-breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus | 1 |
| Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei | 1 |
Family
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 not closely related to the true wrens. The family comprises 33 species (including sixteen fairywrens, three emu-wrens, and thirteen grasswrens) in six genera.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …