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Cheryl Ridge | profile | all galleries >> AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE >> Australian birds - 300+ species >> Wrens >> Purple-backed or Variegated Fairy Wrens tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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Purple-backed or Variegated Fairy Wrens

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
6972  male
6972 male
6973  female
6973 female
6933  female
6933 female
3186  male
3186 male
0562  female
0562 female
0563  female
0563 female
0706  young
0706 young
0708  young
0708 young
0149  male
0149 male
5925 male
5925 male
2808 female
2808 female
2812b male
2812b male
2925 female
2925 female
2935 female
2935 female
2974 male
2974 male
2975 male
2975 male
3000 male
3000 male
3008 female
3008 female
3010 female
3010 female
3013 female
3013 female
8210- young wren along Ouyen Nature Trail
8210- young wren along Ouyen Nature Trail
9126-Ouyen
9126-Ouyen
1849b-wrens.jpg
1849b-wrens.jpg
1834b-wren.jpg
1834b-wren.jpg
1852b-wren.jpg
1852b-wren.jpg
1828b-wrens.jpg
1828b-wrens.jpg