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Superb fairy-wren
Superb fairy-wren
-42.5986, 147.248
Field Notes
Description:
A passerine bird of the Maluridae family, common and familiar across south-eastern Australia. The species is sedentary and territorial, also exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism; the male in breeding plumage has a striking bright blue forehead, ear coverts, mantle, and tail, with a black mask and black or dark blue throat.
Habitat:
Dry sclerophyll bushland.
Notes:
This male was sitting in one of our apple trees, all puffed up, on a cold morning
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