Lovely Fairy-wren

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The Lovely Fairy-wren is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

* lovely fairy-wren, Malurus amabilis * blue-breasted fairy-wren, Malurus pulcherrimus * red-winged fairy-wren, Malurus elegans * white-winged fairy-wren, Malurus leucopterus * red-backed fairy-wren, Malurus melanocephalus Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary. More

LOVELY FAIRY-WREN: Malurus amabilis 15 cm * It is most abundant in lowland and foothill areas, especially in shrubbery at the edge of rainforests, or in swamp forests. * Lovely Fairy-wrens are co-operative breeders. More

The Lovely Fairy-wren is found on coastal Cape York Peninsula south to about Townsville. The nest is built by the female and she also incubates and feeds the young. Back to Bird List Photographed at Thylogale by David & Diane Armbrust Copyright © 1998 David & Diane Armbrust Thylogale Nature Refuge AUSTRALIA Phone/Fax 07 4094 1600 Intl. More

· The Lovely Fairy-wren is endemic to north Queensland. · It is most abundant in lowland and foothill areas, especially in shrubbery at the edge of rainforests, or in swamp forests. · Lovely Fairy-wrens are co-operative breeders. Genetic studies of superb and splendid fairy-wrens have revealed the shocking fact that a high proportion of the young are not dad's. More

Lovely Fairy-wren Malurus amabilis - http://www.birdwatching-australia.com/lovely_fairy.htm Image + Lovely Fairy-wrens are co-operative breeders. Genetic studies of superb and splendid fairy-wrens have revealed the shocking fact that a high proportion of the young are not dad`s. It appears that, from time to time, mum entertains the neighbouring males, mating with up to six different ones in addition to her regular partner... Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus - http://www.ozanimals.com/Bird/Red-backed-Fairy-wren/Malurus/melanocephalus. More

amabilis, the Lovely Fairy-wren, in having blue-plumaged females. The contiguous distribution of the Red-winged, Blue-breasted and Variegated Fairy-wrens in south-western Australia is interpreted by Schodde as the result of successive cycles of aridity, each species representing an episode of expansion to the south-west of an ancestral northern Malurus form in a wetter period, followed by isolation of the population in the south-west with increasing aridity. More

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is actually called the Lovely Fairy-wren, but it is only found in far North QLD). It is often seen in gardens and parks in the Blue Mountains. They are usually on the ground or near it and rarely seen alone. In the breeding season, half of the adult male bird develops a bright blue/black colouring, like in the photos below. When not in breeding colours, he looks similar to the brown ones in the photos below (which is how the females look all year round). More

Lovely Fairy-wren, Trevor (not literally a LOVELY Fairy-wren, of course! Oh….you get what I mean). We sometimes come across a colour variation of Superb Fairy-wren where all brown is virtually replaced by black - makes the bird blue, black and white. More

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really reach the heights is the Lovely Fairy-wren, which lives and feeds in trees up to 20 metres high and only occasionally goes to the ground. Fairy-wren groups scatter throughout their territory to forage, regularly meeting together on a low branch to rest and preen each other. Fairy-Wrens Fairy-Wrens The length of the breeding seasons varies between the species but most start in August or September. The Blue-breasted has the shortest season, lasting only these two months. More