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title: "White-winged Fairywren"
description: "Malurus leucopterus — Birds. The white-winged fairywren (Malurus leucopterus) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-winged-fairywren
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-winged Fairywren

> Malurus leucopterus — Birds. The white-winged fairywren (Malurus leucopterus) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.

- Scientific name: *Malurus leucopterus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna), `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 1414
- Wikidata: [Q933383](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933383)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12093](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12093)

## Names

- en: White-winged Fairywren
- de: Weißflügelstaffelschwanz
- es: Maluro de alas blancas
- fr: Mérion leucoptère
- nl: Witvleugelelfje
- pl: Chwostka białoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1358)

## Summary

The white-winged fairywren (Malurus leucopterus) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It lives in the drier parts of Central Australia; from central Queensland and South Australia across to Western Australia. Like other fairywrens, this species displays marked sexual dimorphism and one or more males of a social group grow brightly coloured plumage during the breeding season. The female is sandy-brown with light-blue tail feathers; it is smaller than the male, which, in breeding plumage, has a bright-blue body, black bill, and white wings. Younger sexually mature males are almost…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_fairywren

## Photo

![White-winged Fairywren](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-winged-fairywren/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385870937

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-winged-fairywren?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).