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Flegg, J.; Madge, S. 1995. Photographic field guide: birds of Australia. New Holland, London.

IUCN. 2019. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2019).

McLean, A. J., Toon, A., Schmidt, D. J., Hughes, J. M., & Joseph, L. 2017. Phylogeography and geno-phenotypic discordance in a widespread Australian bird, the Variegated Fairy-wren, Malurus lamberti (Aves: Maluridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121(3): 655-669.

Rowley, I. and Russell, E. 2019. Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti). Barcelona Available at: https://www.hbw.com/species/variegated-fairy-wren-malurus-lamberti. (Accessed: 19 August 2019).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Purple-backed Fairywren Malurus assimilis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/purple-backed-fairywren-malurus-assimilis on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.