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rarely still. The short, rounded wings provide good initial lift and are useful for short flights, though not for extended jaunts. During spring and summer, birds are active in bursts through the day and accompany their foraging with song. Insects are numerous and easy to catch, which allows the birds to rest between forays. The group often shelters and rests together during the heat of the day. Food is harder to find during winter and they are required to spend the day foraging continuously.
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672:: Found on Kangaroo Island, and has been separated from the mainland subspecies for around 9000 years. Birds of this subspecies are larger, have narrower bills and darker plumage than birds on nearby mainland South Australia. Females from Kangaroo Island are more uniformly grey in plumage than mainland birds.
802:, or defending a territory. The basic, or Type I, song is a 1–4 second high-pitched reel consisting of 10–20 short elements per second; it is sung by both males and females. Males also possess a peculiar song-like Type II vocalization, which is given in response to the calls of predatory birds, commonly
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During the reproductive season, males of this and other fairywren species pluck yellow petals, which contrast with their plumage, and show them to female fairywrens. The petals often form part of a courtship display and are presented to a female in the male fairywren's own or another territory. Males
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year-round. The group consists of a social pair with one or more male or female helper birds that were hatched in the territory, though they may not necessarily be the offspring of the main pair. These birds assist in defending the territory and feeding and rearing the young. Birds in a group roost
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and various larvae) as well as small quantities of seeds, flowers, and fruit. Their foraging, termed 'hop-searching', occurs on the ground or in shrubs that are less than two metres high. Because this foraging practice renders them vulnerable to predators, birds tend to stick fairly close to cover
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as it became isolated when the sea levels rose. The Bass Strait forms were isolated from
Tasmania more recently and so their subspecific status was not maintained. A 2017 genetic study using both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA found the ancestors of the superb and splendid fairywrens diverged from
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for 10–14 days. Fledglings are able to feed themselves by day 40 but remain in the family group as helpers for a year or more before moving to another group or assuming a dominant position in the original group. In this role they feed and care for subsequent broods and repel cuckoos or
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favourable, the splendid forms were more able to spread into inland areas. In the east, the superb fairywren spread into
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recognised miner alarm calls and took flight, and had learnt to ignore their non-alarm calls, while those that live in areas not frequented by noisy miners did not respond to miner alarm calls. This suggests the species has adapted and learned to discriminate and respond to another species'
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to distract predators from nests with young birds. The head, neck and tail are lowered, wings held out and feathers fluffed as the bird runs rapidly and voices a continuous alarm call. A field study in
Canberra found that superb fairywrens that lived in areas frequented by
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Australasian Meliphagides radiation (Aves: Passeriformes)".
883:. It is found in wooded areas, generally with plenty of undergrowth, and has also adapted to urban existence and can be found in gardens and urban parks as long as there is an undergrowth of native plants nearby. Lantana (
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with other individuals; a proportion of young will have been fathered by males from outside the group. Young are often raised not by the pair alone, but with other males who also mated with the pair's female assisting.
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light strongly, and so may be even more prominent to other fairywrens, whose colour vision extends into this part of the
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627:: Originally described as a separate species. Is endemic to
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Barker, F.K.; Barrowclough, G.F.; Groth, J.G. (2002).
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897:in one study on the grounds of the
2931:Breckon, Richard (February 2006).
2266:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1992.tb00828.x
1775:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1901.tb07517.x
1757:Campbell, Archibald James (1901).
990:. Superb fairywrens may utilise a
25:
847:and Adelaide) and the tip of the
782:. The blue plumage also reflects
436:. In the 1920s came common names
3393:
3381:
3011:– Highlighting relationships of
1981:(1980). "513 Superb Blue Wren".
1473:Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1903).
1458:Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1883).
1443:Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1879).
452:. The bird has also been called
403:. He classified it in the genus
108:
68:Female – Victorian High Country
2999:on the Internet Bird Collection
1685:; Donsker, David, eds. (2017).
1282:Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816).
1147:BirdLife International (2016).
233:
899:Australian National University
1:
2103:Australian Journal of Zoology
1987:. Illustrated by Doyle, Roy.
1232:Australian Journal of Zoology
950:Major nest predators include
476:, meaning "little one of the
2193:10.1016/0042-6989(94)90149-X
1844:Mathews, Gregory M. (1912).
863:and Queensland, through the
3015:on Tree Of Life Web Project
1947:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.021
1691:World Bird List Version 7.3
1629:Molecular Ecology Resources
378:of northwestern Australia.
3768:
3747:Endemic birds of Australia
3194:White-shouldered fairywren
2970:. Oxford, United Kingdom:
2789:Beruldsen, Gordon (2003).
1712:Ellis, William W. (1782).
938:The superb fairywren is a
859:, coastal and sub-coastal
571:are currently recognized:
3732:Birds of Victoria (state)
3477:Malurus_(Malurus)_cyaneus
2875:Rowley & Russell 1997
2863:Rowley & Russell 1997
2826:Rowley & Russell 1997
2814:Rowley & Russell 1997
2777:Rowley & Russell 1997
2765:Rowley & Russell 1997
2753:Rowley & Russell 1997
2741:Rowley & Russell 1997
2612:Rowley & Russell 1997
2600:Rowley & Russell 1997
2515:Rowley & Russell 1997
2503:Rowley & Russell 1997
2491:Rowley & Russell 1997
2479:Rowley & Russell 1997
2467:Rowley & Russell 1997
2430:Rowley & Russell 1997
2318:10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.025
2279:Rowley & Russell 1997
2234:Rowley & Russell 1997
2222:Rowley & Russell 1997
2167:Rowley & Russell 1997
2155:Rowley & Russell 1997
2143:Rowley & Russell 1997
2128:Rowley & Russell 1997
2089:Rowley & Russell 1997
2077:Rowley & Russell 1997
2065:Rowley & Russell 1997
2053:Rowley & Russell 1997
1732:Schodde, Richard (1982).
1488:Schodde, Richard (1975).
1358:: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
1320:Rowley & Russell 1997
1308:Rowley & Russell 1997
1270:Rowley & Russell 1997
1218:Rowley & Russell 1997
1068:Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
261:
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210:
203:
105:Scientific classification
103:
81:
72:
67:
58:
48:
39:
34:
3737:Birds of South Australia
3727:Birds of New South Wales
3317:White-throated grasswren
3224:Orange-crowned fairywren
3189:Purple-crowned fairywren
1165:: e.T22703736A93934554.
1070:and, less commonly, the
822:Distribution and habitat
539:in 1975. More recently,
480:(lignum) bush", and the
376:purple-crowned fairywren
353:Taxonomy and systematics
49:Male in breeding plumage
3752:Birds described in 1782
3265:Rufous-crowned emu-wren
3169:Blue-breasted fairywren
3159:Purple-backed fairywren
2972:Oxford University Press
2642:10.1163/156853961X00240
2442:Roberts, Peter (1993).
1642:10.1111/1755-0998.13124
1591:10.1073/pnas.0401892101
1492:. Melbourne, Victoria:
417:was later described by
250:Superb fairywren range
3347:Thick-billed grasswren
3327:Short-tailed grasswren
3322:Carpentarian grasswren
3204:White-winged fairywren
3122:Broad-billed fairywren
2673:10.1098/rspb.2011.1362
1533:10.1098/rspb.2001.1883
1418:Troy, Jakelin (1993).
1095:
1054:
1017:
931:
836:
728:
716:
2937:Gibbons Stamp Monthly
1863:10.5962/bhl.part.1694
1089:
1072:shining bronze cuckoo
1052:
1016:with face fan display
1011:
924:
907:Royal Botanic Gardens
834:
722:
710:
697:red-backed fairywrens
514:superb blue fairywren
419:Louis Pierre Vieillot
3199:Red-backed fairywren
3174:Red-winged fairywren
3164:Variegated fairywren
3127:Campbell's fairywren
1850:Novitates Zoologicae
1399:on 28 September 2007
1094:, with a grasshopper
992:'rodent-run' display
940:cooperative breeding
723:An immature male in
677:Evolutionary history
506:Australian fairywren
490:variegated fairywren
390:Captain James Cook's
3357:Kalkadoon grasswren
3102:Wallace's fairywren
3076:Subfamily Malurinae
2720:1948EmuAO..48..163L
2579:1992EmuAO..92..238N
2409:1984EmuAO..84..178N
2362:2008EmuAO.108..283P
2309:2012CBio...22.2155C
1939:2017MolPE.107..516M
1895:2006EmuAO.106..309S
1582:2004PNAS..10111040B
1420:The Sydney language
1115:Cultural depictions
1090:Female, subspecies
960:laughing kookaburra
75:Conservation status
3511:BirdLife-Australia
3332:Striated grasswren
3184:Splendid fairywren
3025:, 12 November 2008
2828:, pp. 118–19.
2469:, pp. 147–48.
1793:Schodde, Richard;
1129:splendid fairywren
1096:
1055:
1018:
952:Australian magpies
932:
837:
729:
717:
639:M. c. cyanochlamys
424:Shortly after the
372:splendid fairywren
343:Birdlife Australia
18:Superb Fairy-wrens
3742:Birds of Tasmania
3702:
3701:
3664:Open Tree of Life
3516:superb-fairy-wren
3412:Taxon identifiers
3369:
3368:
3365:
3364:
3342:Western grasswren
3277:
3276:
3273:
3272:
3255:Southern emu-wren
3235:Tribe Stipiturini
3230:
3229:
3149:Emperor fairywren
2981:978-0-19-854690-0
2865:, pp. 49–52.
2849:978-0-643-05115-7
2800:978-0-646-42798-0
2728:10.1071/MU948158f
2587:10.1071/MU9920238
2517:, pp. 61–62.
2453:978-0-86417-565-6
2417:10.1071/MU9840178
2303:(22): 2155–2160.
2236:, pp. 65–66.
2130:, pp. 43–44.
2115:10.1071/ZO9840657
2030:978-0-670-90478-5
2002:978-0-00-217282-0
1743:978-0-7018-1051-1
1527:(1488): 295–308.
1429:978-0-646-11015-8
1373:Wesson S (2001).
1076:fan-tailed cuckoo
851:, through all of
832:
804:grey butcherbirds
772:sexual dimorphism
671:
657:
647:
626:
618:M. c. elizabethae
609:
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301:sexual dimorphism
293:Australasian wren
272:
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35:Superb fairywren
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3179:Superb fairywren
3154:Lovely fairywren
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689:white-shouldered
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642:
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518:superb blue wren
472:regions call it
382:William Anderson
276:superb fairywren
265:Motacilla cyanea
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3464:Malurus_cyaneus
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3450:Malurus cyaneus
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3420:Malurus cyaneus
3414:
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3352:Dusky grasswren
3312:Black grasswren
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3260:Mallee emu-wren
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2626:Malurus cyaneus
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2563:Malurus cyaneus
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2393:Malurus cyaneus
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2370:10.1071/MU07060
2344:Malurus cyaneus
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2297:Current Biology
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2248:Malurus cyaneus
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2181:Vision Research
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877:Melbourne
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332:Melbourne
286:passerine
190:Species:
172:Maluridae
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865:Brisbane
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853:Victoria
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780:barbules
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484:call it
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142:Chordata
138:Phylum:
132:Animalia
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633:tarsi
592:M. c.
502:Darug
482:Gunai
448:—and
359:genus
3638:NCBI
3625:IUCN
3612:ITIS
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