Birds found in Sedgwick, North Harcourt and surrounding districts
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Superb Fairy-wren
- Malurus cyaneus
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Adult male Superb Fairy-wrens have rich blue and black plumage above and on the throat. Younger males go into eclipse plumage outside the breeding season. The belly is grey-white, the bill is black, and the tail dark blue. Females and young birds are mostly brown above with a dull orange-brown area around the eye and a brown bill. Females have a pale greenish gloss, absent in young birds, on the otherwise brown tail. The legs are brown in both sexes. All carry their long tails cocked up.
- http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/viewphotos.php?c=147
- http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=147&p=202
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Superb Fairy-wren
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Adult male Superb Fairy-wrens have rich blue and black plumage above and on the throat. Younger males go into eclipse plumage outside the breeding season. The belly is grey-white, the bill is black, and the tail dark blue. Females and young birds are mostly brown above with a dull orange-brown area around the eye and a brown bill. Females have a pale greenish gloss, absent in young birds, on the otherwise brown tail. The legs are brown in both sexes. All carry their long tails cocked up.
- Malurus cyaneus
- 529
- 11-14cm
- The trillers
- http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?c=147&p=202
- http://www.graemechapman.com.au/library/viewphotos.php?c=147
- http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/superb-fairy-wren