Australian bird photos - fairywrens - fairy wrens

Purple-backed or Variegated Fairy-Wren? A few years ago this species was "split"
and it would seem what I called Variegated Fairy-wrens are actually mostly
Purple-backed Fairy-wrens (which are more commonly found in arid and semi arid regions)

Purple-backed Fairy-wren ( Malurus assimilis ).

Variegated Fairy-wren ( Malurus lamberti )

Male is multi-coloured (blue/brown/black/chestnut), female is brownish with red "bleeding" eye rings