Adult male © Mat Gilfedder eBird S47910885 Macaulay Library ML 111252541
Female © Jill Duncan & Ken Bissett
Female © Mat Gilfedder
Adult male © Roksana and Terry
Adult male © Chris Wiley

White-winged Fairywren Malurus leucopterus

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Identification

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A small bird with a long blue tail that is held cocked. Breeding males are usually brilliant sapphire blue with bright white wing patches. Females and nonbreeding males are very plain pale gray, and the patch between the eye and bill (lores) is also pale (compared to Purple-backed Fairywren which has very dark reddish lores). This species is typically found in very open and arid country with sparse bushes, where it often perches on the very top of bushes. Its call is a very fast trill.

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