Splendid fairywren
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The splendid fairywren is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is also known simply as the splendid wren or more colloquially in Western Australia as the blue wren. The sple
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Male M. s. splendens in full breeding plumage, Yanchep National Park, Perth
Male M. s. melanotus Cunnamulla, SW Queensland
White-winged fairywren
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The white-winged fairywren is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It lives in the drier parts of Central Australia; from central Queensland and South Australia acro
Splendid fairywren
…other around 4 million years ago, and their common ancestor diverged around 7 million years ago from a lineage that gave rise to the white-shouldered, white-winged, and red-backed fairywrens. The splendid fairywren is a small, long-tailed bird 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism, the…
White winged Fairywren Lake Cargelligo
Female White winged fairywren
Near Port Augusta, South Australia
Male (ssp. leuconotus) in partial breeding plumage, Coolmunda Dam, Queensland