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OverviewAI-generated
Maluridae is a family of birds within the order Passeriformes, commonly referred to as passerines. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. In some contexts, the family is identified by the common name "alvesmettfamilien."
Records for this family are held by various institutions. The iDigBio database contains 43 records associated with the family, all linked to the institution ANWC in Papua New Guinea. Additionally, the GBIF database lists 2,363,929 occurrences for Maluridae. The subject is referenced by 574 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMaluridae
Die Staffelschwänze (Maluridae), auch Australische Sänger genannt, sind eine in Australien und Neuguinea endemische Familie in der Ordnung der Sperlingsvögel (Passeriformes). Sie ähneln mit ihrer Kleinheit und ihren oft aufrecht gehaltenen Schwänzen ein wenig den Zaunkönigen, ohne näher mit diesen verwandt zu sein.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- Family
- Maluridae
- Collections
- ANWC
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maluridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.