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Splendid Fairy-wren

Malurus splendens

Photo by StevenSpragg
Published on Project Noah
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These little birds live in family groups of around 5-10, only the head male is in breeding colours. This picture is of a non-breeding male

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Comments (4)
LauraMaria
Oh he is so cute!! I love songbirds, especially when they're round and chubby like this :) Nice photo!
Thurd13
Beautiful bird + photo...

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2011

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