Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
About Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Perching Birds
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
The superb fairywren 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, 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. Non-breeding males, females and juveniles are predominantly grey-brown in colour; this gave the early impression that males were polygamous, as all dull-coloured birds were taken for females. Six subspecies groups are recognized: three larger and darker forms from Tasmania, Flinders and King Island respectively, and three smaller and paler forms from mainland Australia and Kangaroo Island.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2012-11-20
Bondi Beach Coastal Trail, Australia -
2012-11-20
Sydney - Centennial Park, Australia -
2012-11-20
Sydney - Millennium Parklands, Australia -
2012-11-21
Royal National Park, Australia -
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2012-11-23
Wollongong Lagoon, Australia -
2025-11-17
Western Treatment Plant, Australia -
2025-11-17
Lorne, Australia -
2025-11-18
Kennett River, Australia
