![]() ![]() CommunicationĪ rapid series of slightly metallic, high-pitched pips that blend into an 'undulating' call. They live in groups which forage together. Like most of the fairy-wrens, Splendid Fairy-wrens eat mostly insects and forage on both the ground and in shrubs. In some areas they are semi-nomadic, depending on local conditions. ![]() ![]() These birds are mostly sedentary, defending a territory all year, but the younger females may disperse to another territory. The eastern area include South Australia from the Flinders Ranges, the far north-western tip of Victoria, New South Wales east to about Moree and Balranald and south central Queensland. One area is from about Shark Bay south through Western Australia, through South Australia, except the coast, to about the Flinders Ranges and the southern and central parts of Northern Territory. These birds are widely distributed across Australia in two areas. Splendid Fairy-wrens live in arid to semi-arid areas, in mostly dense shrublands or woodlands of acacia, and mallee eucalypt with dense shrubs. The female does not have the blue wash on her wings, but does have a reddish-tan line from beak to eye that extends into a ring around her eye. In non-breeding plumage, called eclipse, he is very similar to the female, being pale brown above and buff to white underneath although he retains the blue wash on wings and tail. His beak is black and his legs and feet are brown-grey. Wings and long tail are brown with a blue wash. Its crown and cheek patches are paler blue. The breeding plumage of the male Splendid Fairy-wren is predominantly blue, varying from cobalt-blue in the east of its range to violet-blue in the west.It has black bands at the base of the tail (absent in the violet-blue birds), across the breast and from the beak, through the eyes to join a band across the back of its neck. ![]()
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