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BIRD FACTS |
Description
Small fairy-wren with a very fine bill. Colours varied. Breeding male dark blue or glossy black, with a striking white patch from shoulder across closest edge of wing to body. Females grey-brown above and off white below with a dull blue-grey tail. Non-breeding males resemble females, but have a bluer tail and darker bill. Length to 13 cm; wingspan to 15 cm.
A very gregarious fairy-wren appearing in small flocks of up to 12 birds. They forage for insects, mainly beetles, by hop-searching on the ground and in low shrubs.
Author credit: Alexis Tindall / South Australian Museum
Habitat
Shrublands and grasslands in arid, semi-arid and coastal areas, as well as floodplains, wetlands or periodically-flooded lake beds.
Food
Insectivore
Range
Across Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Maluridae | | Genus: | Malurus | | Species: | leucopterus | | Common Name: | White-winged Fairy-wren |
Relatives in same Genus
Lovely Fairy-wren (M. amabilis)
Superb Fairy-wren (M. cyaneus)
Red-winged Fairy-wren (M. elegans)
Variegated Fairy-wren (M. lamberti)
Red-backed Fairy-wren (M. melanocephalus)
Splendid Fairy-wren (M. splendens)
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