PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae

Malurus pulcherrimus  

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)
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© Kay Parkin 2014
Lake Gilles Conservation Park, SA (Jul, 2014)

This male is only just developing his colour. It was difficult to distinguish this bird from Variegated but its call and the female with him helped, along with their identifiable pale eye-ring and touch of white on the tail.

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Who'd rob a Fairy-wren?

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren Tackles Large Moth

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Female Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Male Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren in Eclipse Plumage

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren (Malurus pulcherrimus)

Blue-breasted Fairy-wren