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

# Red-winged Fairywren

> Malurus elegans — Uccelli. The red-winged fairywren (Malurus elegans) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.

- Scientific name: *Malurus elegans*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1347
- Wikidata: [Q1055856](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1055856)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12063](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12063)

## Names

- en: Red-winged Fairywren
- de: Silberkopfstaffelschwanz
- es: Maluro elegante
- fr: Mérion élégant
- nl: Roodvleugelelfje
- pl: Chwostka jasnowąsa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1312)

## Summary

The red-winged fairywren (Malurus elegans) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is non-migratory and endemic to the southwestern corner of Western Australia. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism, the male adopts a brilliantly coloured breeding plumage, with an iridescent silvery-blue crown, ear coverts and upper back, red shoulders, contrasting with a black throat, grey-brown tail and wings and pale underparts. Non-breeding males, females and juveniles have predominantly grey-brown plumage, though males may bear isolated blue and black feathers. No separate subspecies…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270265949

## Machine access

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