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SUPERB FAIRY-WREN FACTS |
Description
The male Superb Fairy-wren has bright breeding plumage with blue and black head, black throat, and grey-white underside. Females and young birds are mostly brown above with a dull reddish area around the eye and a brown bill. Females have a brown tail with greenish tinge, whilst young have plain brown tail. The non-breeding male is like the female but has no red round the eye and has a black bill.
Other Names
Blue Bonnet, Blue Wren, Jenny Wren
Size
14cm
Habitat
areas with dense shrub cover, including parks and gardens
Food
insects, spiders and other small invertebrates
Breeding
The nest is an oval-shaped dome made of grass, bark and down, built in a low shrub. Lays 3-4 white eggs speckled reddish purple.
Range
eastern Australia from the Tropic of Capricorn to Victoria and into south-east South Australia. Also found in Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Maluridae | | Genus: | Malurus | | Species: | cyaneus | | Common Name: | Superb Fairy-wren |
Relatives in same Genus
Lovely Fairy-wren (M. amabilis)
Red-winged Fairy-wren (M. elegans)
Variegated Fairy-wren (M. lamberti)
White-winged Fairy-wren (M. leucopterus)
Red-backed Fairy-wren (M. melanocephalus)
Splendid Fairy-wren (M. splendens)
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