Red Wing Fairy Wren

Red Wing Fairy Wren. Meet the Fairywrens The Fairywren Project Bright Male Plumage: Jet black body and tail with a bright red/orange patch on shoulders and back The red-winged fairywren (Malurus elegans) is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae

Redbacked Fairywren betwigged
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melanocephalus in the east, split by the Carpentarian Barrier Flight feathers of wing remain brown even in fully-bright males.

Redbacked Fairywren betwigged

Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism, the male adopts a brilliantly coloured breeding plumage, with an iridescent silvery-blue crown, ear coverts and upper back, red shoulders. The Red-backed Fairywren is split into two subspecies, M Bright Male Plumage: Jet black body and tail with a bright red/orange patch on shoulders and back

Redwinged Fairywren Hallowell 16Jul16 (2) res Birds, Wren, Wings. Though the red-winged fairywren is locally common, there is evidence of a decline in numbers.Bearing a narrow pointed bill adapted for probing and catching insects, the red-winged fairywren is primarily insectivorous; it forages and lives in the shelter of scrubby vegetation in temperate wetter forests dominated by karri trees, remaining close. Bright Male Plumage: Jet black body and tail with a bright red/orange patch on shoulders and back

Redbacked Fairywren betwigged. Red-winged Fairywren bird information Values; Conservation status: LC - Least concern: Synonyms: Red-winged Fairy-wren, Red-winged Blue-Wren, Red-winged Wren, Red winged Fairywren: Order: Perching birds / Passeriformes: Family: Australasian Wrens / Maluridae: Genus: Malurus: Breeding region: Australasia: Breeding subregion: sw WA (sw Australia) Near-lateral view of a male Red-winged Fairy-wren with its wings and tail fanned, ready for take-off (photo courtesy of J