It is a sedentary and territorial species, 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.

Mar 27, 2019 · Recognisable by their sky blue-coloured caps, which become iridescent during breeding season, the superb fairy-wren is much loved among Australians. This fairy-wren can be found across south-east Australia and enjoys a shrubby understorey where they move about in …

Sporting the darkest blue head and cheek feathers of the chestnut-shouldered fairywrens, and the navy-blue breast that gives this species its name, males of the Blue-breasted Fairywren can be found foraging with their family groups in the understory of dry eucalyptus woodlands.

The Superb Fairy-wren is found in open eucalypt woodland forests of south-eastern Australia. It inhabits dense understorey, and is usually seen in pairs or small groups. Also adapted to urban parks and gardens, and exotic weeds such as lantana.

The dazzling blue plumage on a breeding male Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) will catch your eye. The males steal all the good looks, with females and baby Superb Fairy-wrens being brown with dull red-orange colours around the eye, brown bill and tail.

Female Superb Fairywrens have a much cooler and grayer plumage than the warm tones of Red-backed Fairywren. This species is abundant in parks, gardens, and open woodlands around much of southeastern Australia. A small bird with a long tail that is held cocked. Its tail is usually blue (except in juveniles, which have brown tails).

The splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens) 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.

Jul 12, 2023 · The Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus Cyaneus) is the best-known of all fairy-wrens, and in south-eastern Australia is frequently known simply as the blue wren.

Adult male Superb Fairy-wrens are brightly coloured, especially during the breeding season. They have rich blue and black plumage above and on the throat. The belly is grey-white and the bill is black.

The superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) 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.