PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae

Malurus cyaneus  

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Castlemaine, VIC (Jul, 2014)

A male Superb Fairy-wren, one of several birds adding colour to Castlemaine Botanic Gardens on a winter's day.

This one is part way through a moult and is a little untidy. The photographer, on the other hand, enjoys a good malt and is extremely untidy.

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Female Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Non-breeding male Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Male Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Is It Me You're Looking For?

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Superb Fairy-wren (male)

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Male Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Female Superb Fairy-wren close-up

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

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Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Female Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Female Superb Fairy-wren