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Black Grasswren Robert Clayton / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Black Grasswren

Amytornis housei
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Kimberley

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren Melindra12 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Malurus pulcherrimus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

South-west WA

Carpentarian Grasswren Kym Nicolson / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Carpentarian Grasswren

Amytornis dorotheae
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Gulf Country, Top End

Dusky Grasswren Christopher Watson (http://www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Dusky Grasswren

Amytornis purnelli
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Eyrean Grasswren Mothnut / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Eyrean Grasswren

Amytornis goyderi
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee

Grey Grasswren Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Grey Grasswren

Amytornis barbatus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Channel Country, Murray-Darling Basin

Kalkadoon Grasswren Kym Nicolson / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Kalkadoon Grasswren

Amytornis ballarae
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Central Australia

Lovely Fairy-wren Aviceda / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Lovely Fairy-wren

Malurus amabilis
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Cape York, Wet Tropics

Mallee Emu-wren Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Mallee Emu-wren

Stipiturus mallee
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

Mallee

Purple-backed Fairy-wren PotMart186 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Purple-backed Fairy-wren

Malurus assimilis
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Purple-crowned Fairy-wren WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Purple-crowned Fairy-wren

Malurus coronatus
Maluridae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales7

Cape York, Eastern NSW, Gulf Country, Kimberley, South-east Queensland…

Red-backed Fairy-wren WILDFOTO / Paul Thomsen

Red-backed Fairy-wren

Malurus melanocephalus
Maluridae Passeriformes Hard Observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales5

Cape York, Gulf Country, Kimberley, Top End, Wet Tropics

Red-winged Fairy-wren Cas Liber / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Red-winged Fairy-wren

Malurus elegans
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales1

South-west WA

Rufous-crowned Emu-wren John Gerrard Keulemans / Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

Rufous-crowned Emu-wren

Stipiturus ruficeps
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Central Australia, Mallee

Short-tailed Grasswren Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Short-tailed Grasswren

Amytornis merrotsyi
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Mallee, South-east South Australia

Southern Emu-wren JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Southern Emu-wren

Stipiturus malachurus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Eastern NSW, South-east South Australia, Victoria

Splendid Fairy-wren Photo by: Paulweberphoto - paulweberphoto.com / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Splendid Fairy-wren

Malurus splendens
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin, South-east South Australia, South-west W…

Striated Grasswren Tony Morris from St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent UK / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Striated Grasswren

Amytornis striatus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin

Superb Fairy-wren user:benjamint444 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Superb Fairy-wren

Malurus cyaneus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales4

Eastern NSW, South-east Queensland, South-east South Australia, Victor…

Thick-billed Grasswren Scott Williams / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Thick-billed Grasswren

Amytornis modestus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Mallee, Murray-Darling Basin

Variegated Fairywren Paul Balfe / CC BY 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Variegated Fairywren

Malurus lamberti
Maluridae Passeriformes Hard Not observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales16

Cape York, Central Australia, Channel Country, Eastern NSW, Gulf Count…

Western Grasswren sunphlo from South Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

Western Grasswren

Amytornis textilis
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales2

Nullarbor / Southern Coast, South-west WA

White-throated Grasswren Ecologistvon / CC BY 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-throated Grasswren

Amytornis woodwardi
Maluridae Passeriformes Hard Not observed
KnownLess known
Weight25
Locales2

Arnhem Land / Kakadu Stone Country, Top End

White-winged Fairy-wren JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons

White-winged Fairy-wren

Malurus leucopterus
Maluridae Passeriformes Medium Not observed
KnownNormal
Weight50
Locales3

Central Australia, Channel Country, Mallee