The Splendid Fairywren is one of 12 species of the genus Malurus, commonly known as fairywrens, found in Australia and lowland New Guinea. Within the genus it is most closely related to the Superb Fairywren. These two “Blue wrens” are closely related to the Purple-crowned Fairywren of north-western Australia.
I was very lucky to see these gorgeous little birds in several locations such as Stirling Range Retreat, Nallan Station, Yanchep National Park & Bowra Station. Their bright blue colouring and charming way of hopping around had me falling in love with them!
Splendid Fairy-wrens have a large range so it would be easy to plan a birding adventure which visits one of their habitats.
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This footage shows the contrast between the males and females (the brown birds with blue tails) and you can hear the twitter sound they make!