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Like other fairywrens, the splendid fairywren is notable for several peculiar behavioural characteristics; the birds are socially monogamous and sexually promiscuous, meaning that although they form pairs between one male and one female, each partner will mate with other individuals and even assist in raising the young from such trysts. [2]
The superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) 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 ...
The splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens) is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found across much of the Australian continent from central-western New South Wales and southwestern Queensland over to coastal Western Australia. It inhabits predominantly arid and semi-arid regions.
Splendid fairywren, by Nevil Lazarus. Common nighthawk, by Gavin Schaefer (edited by Julia W) ... Superb fairywren, female, by Fir0002. Rooster, by Muhammad Mahdi Karim.
The song of fairywrens is pleasant and complex, and at least two species (the superb and splendid fairywren) possess, in addition to the alarm calls common to – and universally understood by – most small birds, another vocalization used when confronted by predators.
Red-winged fairywren: South-western corner of Western Australia Malurus cyaneus: Superb fairywren: Australia and lowland New Guinea Malurus splendens: Splendid fairywren: Central and Western Australia Malurus coronatus: Purple-crowned fairywren: Northern Australia Malurus alboscapulatus: White-shouldered fairywren: New Guinea Malurus melanocephalus
The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. ... Splendid fairywren, Malurus splendens; White ...
The lovely fairywren was first described by the ornithologist John Gould in 1852, from a male specimen collected by Captain Owen Stanley in Cape York. Gould expected that a female would resemble that of a red-winged fairywren, and consequently described female specimens collected by John Jardine as a new species, Malurus hypoleucos. [5]