Australasian wren
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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 wre
Superb fairywren male South Bruny
The plumage of the Eyrean grasswren is typical of the genus
Superb fairywren
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The superb fairywren is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae, and is common and familiar across south-eastern Australia. It is a sedentary and territorial species, also exhibiti
Australasian wren
…petals of conspicuous colours and display them to females for reasons unknown. The song of fairywrens is pleasant and complex, and at least two species (the superb and splendid fairywren) possess, in addition to the alarm calls common to – and universally understood by – most small birds, another vocalization used…
Malurus cyaneus cyanochlamys
Female superb fairy wren edit 1
A pair in Ensay, Victoria, Australia
An immature male in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Young males usually develop a dark bill and blue tail before their first winter.