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Splendid Fairy-wren

Malurus splendens

Description:

Small bird around 11 to13 cm long. Male has bright blue colouring. Female are drab aside from a blue tail

Habitat:

Many vegetation types

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12 Comments

SofieMullan
SofieMullan 9 years ago

Wow what a beautiful bird

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

How beautiful

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

DID you see my juvenile one??? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/592...

StevenSpragg
StevenSpragg 12 years ago

Wow, your right. Thanks

JeanC.Fisher
JeanC.Fisher 12 years ago

Wow! They're like a combination of one of our blue jays and a wren! Amazing!

StevenSpragg
StevenSpragg 12 years ago

Thanks mate

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

very nice!

StevenSpragg
StevenSpragg 12 years ago

Thanks, i was lucky enough to find a friendly one near Perth. They are far shyer than the Superb fairy-wren

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Beautiful bird.. I have seen them in WA too.. much nicer than the EAST AUSTRALIAN one..

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Really very cute one..!!

gbruns
gbruns 12 years ago

A perky little bird, with splendid blue colorings! Lovely!

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Certainly lives up to his name!

StevenSpragg
Spotted by
StevenSpragg

Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia

Spotted on Jul 14, 2011
Submitted on Sep 2, 2011

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