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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population justification
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally fairly common (Flegg and Madge 1995).

Trend justification
There is no trend information for this species, however it is suspected to be stable.

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs on the mainland, west of the Great Dividing Range mountains. The subspecies M. l. bernieri occurs only on Bernier island off the western coast of western Australia.

The species occupies dense, scrubby vegetation, from coastal scrub to thickets in broken rocky terrain, along creeks and throughout the arid interior of Australia (Rowley and Russell 2019).

There is no evidence of significant threats to this species.

Text account compilers
Ekstrom, J., Elliott, N., Butchart, S.

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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.