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This common English bird-name isassigned in Australia to birds of several genera, viz. – – Banded Wren – – Malurus splendens, Quoy and Gaim.
♣ Black-backed W. – – M. melanotus, Gould.
♣ Blue W. – – M. cyaneus, Lath.
♣ Blue-breasted W. – – M. pulcherrimus, Gould.
♣ Bower's W. – – M. cruentatus, Gould.
♣ Chestnut-rumped Ground W. – – Hylacola pyrrhopygia, Vig. and Hors.
♣ Emu-wren (q.v.) – – Stipiturus malachurus, Lath.
♣ Goyder's Grass W. – – Amytis goyderi, Gould.
♣ Grass W. – – A. textilis, Quoy and Gaim.; called by Gouldthe Textile Wren.
♣ Large-tailed Grass W. – – A. macrura, Gould.
♣ Longtailed W. – – Malurus gouldii, Sharpe.
♣ Lovely W. – – M. amabilis, Gould.
♣ Orange-backed W. – – M. melanocephalus, Vig. and Hors.
♣ Purple-crowned W. – – M. coronatus, Gould.
♣ Red-rumped Ground W. – – Hylacola cauta, Gould.
♣ Red-winged W. – – Malurus elegans, Gould.
♣ Silvery Blue W. – – M. cyanochlamys, Gould.
♣ Striated Grass W. – – Amytis striatus, Gould;called also the Porcupine bird (q.v.).
♣ Turquoise W. – – Malurus callainus, Gould.
♣ Variegated W. – – M. lamberti, Vig. and Hors.
♣ White-backed W. – – M. leuconotus, Gould.
♣ White-winged W. – – M. leucopterus, Quoy and Gaim.
See also scrub-wren.
In New Zealand, the name is applied to the Bush-Wren, Xenicus longipes, Gmel., and the Rock (or Mountain)Wren, X. gilviventris, von Pelz.