Splendid Fairywrens (Malurus splendens), male and female, family Maluridae, order Passeriformes, Australia

photograph by Kipp Thompson

Superb Fairywren

[1427/10977] Blue-breasted Fairywren - Malurus pulcherrimus

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Meliphagoidea Family: Maluridae (australasian wrens)

Photo credit: Geoffrey Groom via Macaulay Library

Fairywren

Sky Edwards

Ballpoint on paper

2020

April 10, 2024 - Purple-backed Fairywren (Malurus assimilis) Found throughout much of Australia, these fairywrens live in shrubby habitats. They feed on arthropods and seeds, foraging in pairs or small flocks in shrubs and on the ground. Females build domed oval-shaped nests with side entrances from grass, twigs, bark, fur, and feathers in bushes, trees, fern clumps, or other vegetation. They incubate clutches of two to four eggs. Helpers from previous broods assist the parents with feeding the chicks.

some non-bug creatures seen in my backyard recently. someday I will get a photo of a fairy wren that isn't blurry lol.

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus).

Superb Fairywren, male (Malurus cyaneus).

Splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens) in Western Australia

John Anderson

A new variant has been added!

Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus) © Unknown

It hatches from black, brown, brownish, east, female, long, northern, pale, red, similar, small, superb, and tropical eggs.

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Splendid Fairywrens (Malurus splendens), male, family Maluridae, Australia

photograph by Mark Eatwell

Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)

Red-backed Fairywren

Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens)

© Chris Burns

One of my favourites from the South West of WA, the Red Winged Fairy Wren, Malurus elegans.

Sky Edwards

2022

Canon 60D

Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM