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Superb fairy-wren

Superb fairy-wren

Photo by lori.tas
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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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Comments (9)

Australia has always been on top of my list of places I want to visit! Hopefully I make it when I'm older!
You'll have to come to south eastern Australia. They are everywhere. We have dozens in our yard every summer. This wasn't a very close up shot, of which I have many, but I love how round they get in cold weather. They're like a little orb, with a tail.
What a beautiful bird, lori.tas!!

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PublishedSeptember 21, 2011

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