Malurus cyaneus
5 Superb Fairywren at Weston Creek, ACT
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| Malurus cyaneus | MichaelMulvaney | 6 Jul 2020 | |
| Malurus cyaneus | JonSteinbeck | 1 Jul 2020 |
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User's notes
There was a group of about four Superb Fairy-wrens near the old footbridge. They were in the low trees there. There was at least one female and one male in the group. Looking at my photographs I could see a number of shots of the female calling but only one with the male calling. The male had some blue on his body but not much. Two of them, a male and female, went to a branch at about my eye level where they preened each other and occasionally called. They stayed on that branch for about five minutes at least before, first the female, and then the male descended to the ground, where they looked as if they were searching for food along the creek bank.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.076103-35.311488
- Altitude 560.1m
- Places Weston Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 21 Jun 2020 09:46 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Malurus cyaneus Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc) Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Malurus cyaneus Scientific name
- Superb Fairywren Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1329m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
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